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But the present year saw a change in the constitution of the committee: two or three philanthropic ladies of great conscientiousness began to inquire busily into the working of the soup-kitchen, and they soon found reason to be altogether dissatisfied with Mr. and Mrs. Batterby.
'You think so? returned Miss Lant, with the air of one to whom a novel thought is presented. 'You really think so, Miss Snowdon? 'They got on so well with everybody, Jane continued. 'And don't you think it's better, Miss Lant, for everybody to feel satisfied? 'But really, Mr. Batterby used to speak so very harshly. He destroyed their self-respect.
No, no; these managers were of too coarse a type; they spoke grossly; what possibility of their exerting a humanising influence on the people to whom they dispensed soup? Soup and refinement must be disseminated at one and the same time, over the same counter. Mr. and Mrs. Batterby were dismissed, and quite a new order of things began.
This was something, but now came a new trouble; the complaint with which Mr. and Mrs. Batterby had known so well how to deal revived in view of the concessions made by the new managers. Shooter's Gardens would have no more peas; let some other vegetable be used. Again the point was conceded; a trial was made of barley soup. Shooter's Gardens came, looked, smelt, and shook their heads.
When the people came with complaints, saying that they were tired of this particular soup, and would like another kind for a change, Mr. and Mrs. Batterby, with perfect understanding of the situation, bade their customers 'take it or leave it an' none o' your cheek here, or you won't get nothing at all! The result was much good-humour all round.
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