[General] What does the bold part mean?

[Silverobama]

Hi,

Would you mind telling me what the bold part means in this sentence?


Queenie begs to taste, and now and again my friend sneaks her a mite, though insisting we deprive outselves.


Thanks a lot

 

[5jj]

You get a clue if you read on a bit: "Queenie begs to taste, and now and again my friend sneaks her a mite, though insisting we deprive ourselves. "We mustn't, Buddy. If we start, we won't stop. And there's scarcely enough as there is."

He is insisting that, in giving the dog a tiny piece of food, we are preventing ourselves from having something that is important to us.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi,

Would you mind telling me what the bold part means in this sentence?


Queenie begs to taste, and now and again my friend sneaks her a mite, though insisting we deprive ourselves.


Thanks a lot

Sometimes, the friend secretly gives a small amount of food to Queenie, but insists that you and he should deprive yourselves of food..