ABSTRACT
After the impression 1 [which] the story, and the sight of the family had made, was a little worn off, Caroline begged leave / to buy one toy, and then another, till her money was 2[quite gone]. When Mrs Mason found it was all expended, she looked round for an object in distress; a poor woman soon presented herself, and her meagre countenance gave weight to her tale. - A babe, as meagre, hung at her breast, which 3[did not seem] to contain sufficient moisture to wet its parched lips.
