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 less enmity in proportion to her activity and zeal, for you probably know how prone the world is to attribute selfish motives to a person who displays the perseverance really essential for the prosecution of a disinterested act. She does not seem to care for it if they do, and goes from one to another with as much ease as if she were their agent."

"Doubtless she considers herself so. It probably does not occur to her that others may lack her feeling of interest, or that there is just as much reason why her family should have a house of their own as the woman she is begging for. I think she has earned one for her disinterested efforts in helping others, and I would gladly give ten dollars for that purpose."

"Probably she would object to that She does not appear to think of herself or her own comfort at all, unless this business is so agreeable to her that it is her greatest comfort."

"I think it is so. It does not prove because she is so forward that her sympathies are really quicker than those of many others, only a remarkable gift in that direction, and I am glad to see her improve it. At the same time I do not feel any more obligation to give, perhaps less, when I know how large a proportion of the money thus given does not proceed from pure benevolence, but from a desire to please and be thought public-spirited and generous-hearted. I admire that passage of scripture, 'Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.' Do not understand me as casting any reflections on Mrs. Frizzlewit. Doubtless she would give you the same