I believe nobody wears spectacles in Liverpool." "It can't be helped, father; we must hope for better times." "Yes, we must trust in God, Newton.

I sold my watch yesterday, and that will feed us for some time.

A sailor came into the shop, and asked if I had any watches to sell: I told him that I only repaired them at present; but that when my improvement in the duplex--" Here Nicholas forgot the thread of his narrative, and was commencing a calculation upon his intended improvement, when Newton interrupted him.
"Well, sir, what did the sailor reply ?" "Oh! I forgot; I told him that I had a watch of my own that I would part with, which went very well; and that it would be cheaper to him than a new one; that it cost fifteen pounds; but I was in want of money, and would take five pounds for it.

He saw how sorry I was to part with it--and so I was." Here Nicholas thought of his watch, and forgot his story.
"Well, my dear father," said Newton, "what did he give you for it ?" "Oh!--why, he was a kind, good creature, and said that he was not the man to take advantage of a poor devil in distress, and that I should have the full value of it.

He put the watch in his fob and counted out fifteen pounds on the counter.