One could not miss the broken toys laying around the unmowed yard. Gabriel's clothes were often torn and spotted. His mother always looked tired with greasy hair and and sagging clothes as well. Yet I marched up to their house, politely asked for payment on the pledge she so kindly signed for, thanked her, and walked off with their scarce and hard earned money. Now I realize the surprise on her face was not the surprise of walking so many miles, but at the amount of the pledge.
Ignorance is bliss.