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We know that in those lean times his own purse would have been but ill-lined, and both his father's household and his own were suffering from the pinch of poverty. His wife was forced to borrow money; his father's affairs went steadily from bad to worse. Nor was there in all Stratford any help for a family that had fallen from comparative affluence into the slough of financial troubles.
"I have but an ill-furnished purse. But if I escape, my gratitude " "Pshaw!" interrupted Jonathan, scornfully. "Your gratitude will vanish with your danger. Pay fools with promises. I must have something in hand." "You shall have all I have about me," replied Darrell. "Well well," grumbled Jonathan, "I suppose I must be content. An ill-lined purse is a poor recompense for the risk I have run.
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