Algernon Blackwood

“ Whether Rogers was actually embraced, or no, it is not stated officially.
'It is a loan, of course, it is a loan,' cried the Widow.
'It is a present,' he said firmly, loathing the scene.
'It's a part repayment for all the kindness you showed me here as a boy years and years ago.' Then, remembering that the sister was not known to him in those far-away days, he added clumsily, 'and since--I came back.... And now let's say no more, but just keep the little secret to ourselves. It is nobody's business but our own.'
'A present!' gasped both ladies to one another, utterly overcome ”

“ La vie est un combat qu'ils ont change en fete. ''Lei Elus'', E. VERHAIREN. The excitement a few days later spread through the village like a flame. People came out of their way to steal a glance at the Pension that now, for the first time in their--memory, was free of debt. ”