And then he busted into tears, and so did everybody. Then somebody sings out, “Take up a collection for him, take up a collection.”
– Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 20. The King takes advantage of the church retreat group, lying how he used to be a pirate and the retreat had changed him into a different person. He cons the people into donating $87.50 to him.