| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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half hours a day - forty-two hours and a half. At sevenpence an hour that came to one pound four and ninepence halfpenny. `You know I only started on Monday,' he said, `so there's no back day to come. Tomorrow goes into next week.' `Yes, I know,' replied Ruth. `If we pay the two week's rent that'll leave us twelve shillings to live on.' `But we won't be able to keep all of that,' said Ruth, `because there's other things to pay.' `What other things?' `We owe the baker eight shillings for the bread he let us have while you were not working, and there's about twelve shillings owing for groceries. We'll have to pay them something on account. Then we want some more coal; there's only about a shovelful left, and -' `Wait a minnit,' said Easton. `The best |
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