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You may keep the prize . '' `` I want it , pa , '' interposed Alfred , with his mouth full of candy . `` I 'll give you another , '' said his father , still declining to accept the proffered prize . Paul now found himself in the enviable position of one who , at eleven o'clock , had succeeded in disposing of his entire stock in trade , and that at an excellent profit , as we soon shall see . Business had been more brisk with him than with many merchants on a larger scale , who sometimes keep open their shops all day without taking in enough to pay expenses . But , then , it is to be considered that in Paul 's case expenses were not a formidable item . He had no rent to pay , for one thing , nor clerk hire , being competent to attend to his entire business single-handed .