''E said good morning to me!' 'So 'e did to me!' said Easton.

''E come inter the drorin'-room an' 'e ses, "Oh, you're in 'ere are yer, Easton," 'e ses--just like that, quite affable like.

So I ses, "Yes, sir." "Well," 'e ses, "get it slobbered over as quick as you can," 'e ses, "'cos we ain't got much for this job: don't spend a lot of time puttying up.

Just smear it over an' let it go!"' ''E certinly seemed very pleased about something,' said Harlow.

'I thought prap's there was a undertaking job in: one o' them generally puts 'im in a good humour.' 'I believe that nothing would please 'im so much as to see a epidemic break out,' remarked Philpot.