Goodwill, maybe from God!
Failing that, from powers in the world, and perhaps a continuing relationship with them
Obligation to return something
Rid of some tricky property
Rid of pressure from the recipient
Social standing because of conspicuous disposal of wealth
… profit!
If the donor is named Pepin, quite a bit, actually.
@Notorious – mwahahahahaha! That may have made my (grading) day!
None one or all of:
Goodwill, maybe from God!
Failing that, from powers in the world, and perhaps a continuing relationship with them
Obligation to return something
Rid of some tricky property
Rid of pressure from the recipient
Social standing because of conspicuous disposal of wealth
… profit!