William Somerset Maugham. The moon and sixpence (№ 177439)

Mrs. Strickland had a gift of sympathy. Great quality, but those who are aware of it in myself, often it is abused; with the greed of a vampire bite they are in trouble friends, just to find a use for his talent. They bring down on their victim's sympathy, it has exactly the gusher worse tangling their business. On the other breast shed so many tears that I would not dare to moisten her own.