Context : At one station the writer was surrounded by many little children who were selling hand-woven baskets and fans. These were refugee children. He bought a tiny basket, a fruit basket, a waste paper basket, a lovely sewing basket and a few fans. His hands were filled. Just then a beautiful girl of nine came and stood before him. She had a lovely basket and wanted a rupee and a half for it. She begged the author to buy it. 

^{Explanation : The writer did not want to buy any more basket as his hands were already full. In order to get rid of the girl, he took out a handful of change (coins) and dropped into the basket of the girl as a gratuity. He tried to convince the girl that he could not buy any more basket. But the writer soon realised that he had done a great offence. The girl had a great sense of self-respect. She took it as an insult. She did not take the money as gift. She was poor and dressed in rags. She was on the point of starvation. Despite her poverty, she kept up her dignity, and returned the money to the writer.}