But one of them was ill-natured and said, "Why should the beggar have the good food?" and kept it for himself, or gave it to the dogs, and took the weak, wasted-away beggar nothing but water; the other, however, was honest, and took the beggar what was sent to him. It was little, but he could live on it for a while, and all the time he was quite patient, but he grew continually weaker. As, however, his illness increased, he desired to receive the last sacrament.
Pero uno de los servidores era perverso: - Para qué dar a ese pordiosero tan buena comida - decía. Y se la guardaba para él o la echaba a los perros. Al pobre, débil y extenuado, no le daba más que agua. Otro criado, en cambio, era honrado y le llevaba lo que le entregaban para él. Poca cosa, mas lo bastante para permitir al mísero subsistir una temporada. Iba debilitándose progresivamente, pero todo lo sufría con paciencia. Observando que su estado se agravaba por momentos, pidió que le trajesen la sagrada comunión.