Do you want money, mother, for this service ?" "No." "But you must." "I never give money.

I give myself, my health, my time, my labor.
Money--no!" "Why not money ?" "Because money answers all ends, and I don't know what end is coming; but I do know that it will be a very uncommon end that money can't answer.

Thou must have spent nearly all of it thou had." "It will come back to me." "If the war stops soon, happen some of it will come back.

If it does not stop soon, thou art standing to lose every shilling of it.

So thou sees I must save my shillings in case my children need them.