Placing a cup of water on each side, he dunked the bun with his left hand and crammed it in his mouth, while with his right hand he dunked the hot-dog and brought it midway up his chest.
His brothers and sisters were bid off one by one, whilehis mother, holding hishand, looked on in "an agony of grief, " whose meaning only slowly dawned on the little boy as the sale proceeded.
