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My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer.
He sat her down just within the door, and held her, clinging to him.
Whichever way they looked, kind ladies smiled and shouted at them.
She told it quite simply, and in as few words as possible; but somehow the Indian gentleman found it necessary to shade his eyes with his hand and look down at the carpet.
