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He had worked thirty-three hours that came to nineteen and threepence one shilling and threehalfpence had gone on the subscription list, and he had given the rest of the coppers to a ragged wreck of a man who was singing a hymn in the street. The other shilling had been deducted from his wages in repayment of a 'sub' he had had during the week.
In justice to ourselves, I must say that neither Rubens nor I bore malice on this point, but it added to the anxiety which I always felt to get out of the old gentleman's way. By him I was put through those riddles which puzzle all childish brains in turn: "If a herring and a half cost threehalfpence," etc.
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