Audiobook Dictation: “However, in spite of all she…”

However, in spite of all she could say, the elder sisters opened the door and admitted the beggar. They led him into the kitchen to dry his clothes. They gave him his supper in the kitchen and then they ate their own. "It is a fearful night to send away a beggar," said the eldest sister while they were eating. "I am thinking that our dear father would be anxious if he knew that we had broken our promise so easily," said the youngest sister. "For shame!" cried the eldest. While they were talking, the beggar had taken the apples which the girls were to eat for dessert and had sprinkled a sleeping powder over them. The two eldest ate their apples, but the youngest could not eat that night. She threw the apple away.