'I can't see as it's right that a inferior man should 'ave the same wages as me.' 'They're a drunken lot of beer-swillers,' remarked Slyme.

'That's why they always 'as their meetings in public 'ouses.' Harlow made no comment on this question.

He had at one time belonged to the Union and he was rather ashamed of having fallen away from it.
'Wot good 'as the Society ever done 'ere ?' said Easton.

'None that I ever 'eard of.' 'It might be able to do some good if most of us belonged to it; but after all, that's another matter.

Whether we could help ourselves or not, the fact remains that we don't.