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Updated: June 13, 2025
'Has anyone seen old Jack Linden since 'e got the push? inquired Harlow during breakfast. 'I seen 'im Saterdy, said Slyme. 'Is 'e doin' anything? 'I don't know: I didn't 'ave time to speak to 'im. 'No, 'e ain't got nothing, remarked Philpot. 'I seen 'im Saterdy night, an' 'e told me 'e's been walkin' about ever since.
He ses the quantities of stuff as 'e's took there and seen other tradesmen take was something chronic. Tons of it! 'What was the parson's name? asked Harlow. 'Belcher. You must 'ave noticed 'im about the town. A very fat chap, replied Philpot. 'I'm sorry you wasn't 'ere on Saturday to see the corfin plate. Frank called me in to see the wordin' when 'e'd finished it. It had on: "Jonydab Belcher.
'So I did, replied Crass. 'I seen 'er on Friday, and I told 'er to leave it all to me to attend to, and she said she would. I told 'er that Philpot said to me that if ever anything 'appened to 'im I was to take charge of everything for 'er, because I was 'is best friend. And I told 'er we'd do it as cheap as possible. 'Well, it seems to me as you've bungled it somehow, said Nimrod, gloomily.
He had scarcely closed the window when two starlings fluttered down and began to eat. Philpot watching them furtively from behind the shutter. The afternoon passed uneventfully.
It wouldn't have taken so long, only it was deemed advisable to shut the door at the same time to prevent the smell getting outside and telling tales to the school at large. By the time this pleasant diversion was disposed of the concoction in the saucer had recovered from its stirring, and Philpot declared it was ready to go ahead with.
'Only two coats! said Philpot. 'Them rooms will never look nothing with two coats a light colour like this. 'It's only goin' to get two, anyway, returned Crass, testily. ''Unter said so, so you'll 'ave to do the best you can with 'em, and get 'em smeared over middlin' sudden, too.
He stood for some time gloomily watching the four gardeners, who were busily at work laying strips of turf, mowing the lawn, rolling the gravel paths and trimming the trees and bushes. The boy Bert, Philpot, Harlow, Easton and Sawkins were loading a hand-cart with ladders and empty paint-pots to return to the yard.
The end of the rope having been made fast to the top of the ladder, Crass and Harlow stood on the foot and the other three raised the top from the ground; as Barrington was the tallest, he took the middle position underneath the ladder grasping the rungs, Philpot being on his left and Bundy on his right, each holding one side of the ladder.
When I started, next day, he gave me a letter to my father an awfully nice letter it was, saying that he intended to present me with my first outfit. I got here about an hour ago, and have been putting on my uniform, to see how it fitted." "You mean to see how you looked in it, Jim? It looks first rate. I wish I was in one too, and was going with you, instead of sticking in Philpot Lane."
'Kind frens, said Philpot, removing his cap and addressing the crowd, 'we're hall honest British workin' men, but we've been hout of work for the last twenty years on account of foreign competition and over-production. We don't come hout 'ere because we're too lazy to work; it's because we can't get a job.
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