On this occasion, the Master stopped her and asked her to hold out
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On this occasion, the Master stopped her and asked her to hold out her apron, whereupon He filled it with all the quarters that had not been passed out at the Bowery, about $20 worth. When one of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's retinue told the startled young woman what He had been doing, she immediately replied that, I will do the same with the money. I will give away every cent of it.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 88
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