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He generally went to his tea at six on that day, Tom waiting till he returned. On the following Saturday at half-past six Jim came into the shop. "I met Eaton's man a minute ago as I wur goin' 'ome. He wanted to see the guvnor particklar, he said." This was partly true, but the "particklar" was not true. "I told him the guvnor warn't in, but you was there.
It's 'ard, I call it. I asked my guvnor if it was law for them to take mother's bed-things, an' he said yes it was. When it's for rent they can take everything, even to your beddin' an' tools. Yes; they can take everything. How foolish of Stephen Candy and his tribe not to be born of the class of landlords! The inconvenience of having no foothold on the earth's surface is so manifest.
'To give you a chair that with the label on it, he said, pointing. The man looked at the object indicated. There was a curious hostility in male, outlawed understanding between the two men. 'What's she warnt to give it US for, guvnor, he replied, in a tone of free intimacy that insulted Ursula. 'Thought you'd like it it's a pretty chair. We bought it and don't want it.
Burton asked, with some eagerness. "Not as I knows on," the plasterer replied, picking up his brush, "and as to the missing property, there was nowt but a few mouldy rugs and a flower-pot in the room. Some folks does seem able to work themselves up into a fuss about nothing, and no mistake! Good morning, guvnor! Drop in again some time when you're passing."
But she dide and my guvnor why hes been a gitten the rong side of the post hever sins that hunfortunate day. Praps you knows Mr. Pindargrasp what it is to lose a mother in your herly hinfantsey. But I was at the guvnor hovers and hovers agin, but hall of no yuse. 'He as stumpt hoff with my missus and now he shall stump hup the reddy. Them was my guvnors hown words halways. Well, Mr.
"Just gone through at sixty miles an hour," was the reply. "She made our old wooden sheds shake, I can tell you. Who's driving her?" "Jim Poynton," Liverpool answered. "The guvnor took him off the mail specially." "What's the fellow's name on board, anyhow?" Crewe asked. "Is it a millionaire from the other side, trying to make records, or a member of our bloated aristocracy?"
He strolled away with his hands in his pockets, lighter-hearted with every step which took him away from those barred windows. Across the square, a fat little man was making strenuous efforts to remove the shutter from in front of his shop. He looked round as Douglas appeared, wiping the perspiration from his forehead, and regarded him doubtfully. "Will yer lend us a hand, guvnor?" he inquired.
"'Well, he answered slowly, 'I'll admit I've thought Father a little a little strange, perhaps, at times. But I've always tried to think I was mistaken. I've always hoped no one else would see it. You see, I'm very fond of the old guvnor. "I nodded. "'Quite right, too, I said. 'There's not the least need to make any kind of scandal about this. We must do something, though, but in a quiet way.
"Here we are, guvnor!" exclaimed Joseph, applying his brake, and Jimmy was out on the pavement in an instant, across the long front garden, ringing the bell, knocking at the door. "Miss Rosser?" he asked when it was opened by a middle-aged woman. "She went out three-quarters of an hour ago," was the answer. "At what time do you expect her home?" said Jimmy.
Why, there's Jarvey the painter; you know him, Sidney. His guvnor sent him on a job to Jones's place, an' they sent him back. "Why, he's an old man," they says. "What good's a man of that age for liftin' ladders about?" An' Jarvey's no older than me. Sidney knitted his brows. He had heard the complaint from too many men to be able to dispute its justice.
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