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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

CHAPTER 15
19/39

'Why don't you answer the bloody question?
Wot's the cause of poverty ?' 'What the 'ell's the matter with the present system ?' demanded Sawkins.
'Ow's it goin' to be altered ?' said Newman.
'Wot the bloody 'ell sort of a system do YOU think we ought to 'ave ?' shouted the man behind the moat.
'It can't never be altered,' said Philpot.

'Human nature's human nature and you can't get away from it.' 'Never mind about human nature,' shouted Crass.

'Stick to the point.
Wot's the cause of poverty ?' 'Oh, b--r the cause of poverty!' said one of the new hands.

'I've 'ad enough of this bloody row.' And he stood up and prepared to go out of the room.
This individual had two patches on the seat of his trousers and the bottoms of the legs of that garment were frayed and ragged.

He had been out of work for about six weeks previous to having been taken on by Rushton & Co.


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