Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 242 |
Chapter | -- |
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bein' the cause of it? 'e never answered me! Started talkin' about something else.' `Yes, I remember 'e never answered it,' said Easton, who had really no recollection of the incident at all. `I mean to tackle 'im about it at breakfast-time. I don't see why 'e should be allowed to get out of it like that. There was a bloke down at the "Cricketers" the other night talkin' about the same thing - a chap as takes a interest in politics and the like, and 'e said the very same as me. Why, the number of men what's been throwed out of work by all this 'ere new-fangled machinery is something chronic!' `Of course,' agreed Easton, `everyone knows it.' `You ought to give us a look in at the "Cricketers" some night. There's a lot of decent chaps comes there.' `Yes, I think I will.' `What 'ouse do you usually use?' asked Crass after |