| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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and unaccountable terror took possession of him. He did not want to do that other gable; he felt too ill; and he almost resolved that he would ask Crass if he would mind letting him do something else. There were several younger men who would not object to doing it - it would be mere child's play to them, and Barrington had already - yesterday - offered to change jobs with him. But then, when he thought of what the probable consequences would be, he hesitated to take that course, and tried to persuade himself that he would be able to get through with the work all right. He did not want Crass or Hunter to mark him as being too old for ladder work. Bert came back in about half an hour flushed and sweating with the weight of the rope and with the speed he had made. He delivered it to Crass |
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