'She used to manage one of Grinder's branch shops didn't she ?' 'Yes,' replied Linden.

'I remember it very well because there was a lot of talk about it at the time.

By all accounts, ole Sweater used to be a regler 'ot un: no one never thought as he'd ever git married at all: there was some funny yarns about several 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 of this garden,' said Harlow with a grin, 'you know, the cesspool, what the drains of the 'ouse runs into; praps they called it after that.' 'Talking about the drains,' said old Jack Linden when the laughter produced by this elegant joke had ceased.

'Talking about the drains, I wonder what they're going to do about them; the 'ouse ain't fit to live in as they are now, and as for that bloody cesspool it ought to be done away with.' 'So it is going to be,' replied Crass.