Yes, they all remembered Rabia at Mecca:—
“Oh heart, weak follower of the weak,
That thou shouldst traverse land and sea;
In this far place that God to seek
Who long ago had come to thee!”
“Why should we not stay here, and not let these things trouble us?”
Why not, indeed?
And they stayed.
ONE CENT
A CHRISTMAS STORY
SCENE I
DOWN
MR. STARR rose very early that day. The sun was not up. Yet, certainly, it was too light to strike a match. Ah, Mr. Starr, a match may be an economy!
So it was that when, as always, the keys jingled out from his trousers pockets upon the floor, and the money as well, one cent rolled under the bureau unseen by Mr. Starr. He went down to his work now, after he had gathered up the rest of the money and the keys, and answered yesterday’s letters.
Then, of course, he could loiter over his breakfast.