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`` Ca n't give you any here , '' she said ; `` now run away . '' Then Betty 's face flushed ; for though one may sing to earn an honest livelihood and competency , it is quite another thing to be taken for a beggar . `` We 'll pay for it , '' she said , and then forgot her pride and urged , `` Go on , we 're so hungry ! We 've been walking about since five o'clock . '' Something in the child 's face touched the girl 's heart . She herself had been up at half-past five and knew a great deal about poverty and privation . `` Well , come on then , '' she said .