| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 26 |
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young women what used to work for him.' This important matter being disposed of, there followed a brief silence, which was presently broken by Harlow. `Funny name to call a 'ouse, ain't it?' he said. `"The Cave." I wonder what made 'em give it a name like that.' `They calls 'em all sorts of outlandish names nowadays,' said old Jack Linden. `There's generally some sort of meaning to it, though,' observed Payne. `For instance, if a bloke backed a winner and made a pile, 'e might call 'is 'ouse, "Epsom Lodge" or "Newmarket Villa".' `Or sometimes there's a hoak tree or a cherry tree in the garding,' said another man; `then they calls it "Hoak Lodge" or "Cherry Cottage".' `Well, there's a cave up at the end |
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