sure it changed things , dreadfully , but it was what it was , he thought . `` if i feared you were mad then you would be locked in a cell , not sipping my finest brandy in the lair i share with my mate . '' she was said to have warned many persons to 'spend the coins fast , ' saying that whatever she gave away from her magic purse always returned to her . now that i have it , i wanted to give it away . he always smelled so good , no matter what . 