"Good den, good
beggar that is to be," quoth Little John, "and mayst thou have no cause to beg for mercy ere I see thee next."
"Especially nowadays," answered the voluntary
beggar: "at present, that is to say, when everything low hath become rebellious and exclusive and haughty in its manner--in the manner of the populace.
Ulysses, therefore, went on his round, going from left to right, and stretched out his hands to beg as though he were a real
beggar. Some of them pitied him, and were curious about him, asking one another who he was and where he came from; whereon the goatherd Melanthius said, "Suitors of my noble mistress, I can tell you something about him, for I have seen him before.
Promptly afterwards, fresh sounds of astonishment arose; the window of the captain's room was thrown open with a slam and a jingle of broken glass, and a man leaned out into the moonlight, head and shoulders, and addressed the blind
beggar on the road below him.
Thou art a casteless Hindu - a bold and unblushing
beggar, attached, belike, to the Holy One for the sake of gain.'
Gondy looked at the spot indicated and perceived a
beggar seated in a chair and leaning against one of the moldings; a little basin was near him and he held a holy water brush in his hand.
Another
beggar, another
beggar!" exclaimed the grandmother.
For the second time the door opened--or rather was burst open, this time, as Uggug rushed violently into the room, shouting "that old
Beggars come again!"
Out-and-out
beggars get taken care of, but poor gentle folks fare badly, because they won't ask, and people don't dare to offer charity.
"I ain't a
beggar, marm, an' I don't want nothin' o' you.
While I thought you were making your fortune (as you said you were) you were making yourself a
beggar, eh?
Then when he got one, he would dart round the corner and return to his base to get warm; and his victim, seeing him do this, would go away, vowing that he would never give a cent to a
beggar again.