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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 1452
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Text to help, and it was arranged that Harlow and Crass should stand on the foot because they were the heaviest. Philpot, Bundy, and Barrington were to `raise', and Dawson and Sawkins were to go up to the attic and haul on the rope.

`Where's the rope?' asked Crass.

The others looked blankly at him. None of them had thought of bringing one from the yard.

`Why, ain't there one 'ere?' asked Philpot.

`One 'ere? Of course there ain't one 'ere!' snarled Crass. `Do you mean to say as you ain't brought one, then?'

Philpot stammered out something about having thought there was one at the house already, and the others said they had not thought about it at all.

`Well, what the bloody hell are we to
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