"In the south," went on Donne, "a lady with a thousand a year would be ashamed to give five pounds for a public object."
Shirley, so rarely haughty, looked so now. Her slight frame became nerved; her distinguished face quickened with scorn.
"Strange remarks?" said she--"most inconsiderate! Reproach in return for bounty is misplaced."
"Bounty! Do you call five pounds bounty?"
"I do; and bounty which, had I not given it to Dr. Boultby's intended school, of the erection of which I approve, and in no sort to his curate, who seems ill-advised in his manner of applying for, or rather extorting, subscriptions--bounty, I repeat, which, but for this consideration, I should instantly reclaim."

In the south," went on Donne, "a lady with a thousand a year would be ashamed to give five pounds for a public object."
Shirley, rarely haughty, looked so now. Her slight frame tensed; her face quickened with scorn.
"Strange remarks," said she. "Reproach in return for bounty is misplaced."
"Bounty! Do you call five pounds bounty?"
"I do. If I had not given it to Dr. Boultby's intended school, the building of which I approve, and in no way to his ill-mannered curate - but for this, I should instantly reclaim it."
