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"Granted," said the parson; "but what follows? The saying is good, but I don't see the application."
"A thousand pardons! " replied Dr. Riccabocca, with all the urbanity of an Italian; "but it seems to me that if you had given the sixpence to the /fanciullo/, that is, to this good little boy, without telling him the story about the donkey, you would never have put him and yourself into this awkward dilemma."