sentences:  According to legend, Modestini's generosity to the poor knew no bounds, so that one day there was not even a loaf of bread for his own household.When still another poor man came, he asked his wife to look to see if there was not something they could find for him.That vexed her and she scolded him severely; his mortifications, she said, had well nigh crazed him, he would keep giving so long that they themselves would have to suffer hunger.