Suppose one took in hand Litany Lane and Elm Court?
Suppose we exert our right as the stronger, and, to begin with, do a little whitewashing?
Then sundry stairs and ceilings might be looked to.

No doubt there'd be resistance, but on the whole it would be for the people's own good.

A little fresh draining mightn't be amiss, or--" "What the devil's all this to do with politics ?" cried Abraham, whose face had grown dark.
"I should imagine, a good deal," returned Waymark, knocking out his pipe.

"If you're for government, yen mustn't be above considering details." "And so you think you have a hit at me, eh?
Nothing of the kind.

These are affairs of private contract, and no concern of government at all.
In private contract a man has only a right to what he's strong enough to exact If a tenant tells me my houses ain't fit to live in, I tell him to go where he'll be better off' and I don't hinder him; I know well enough in a day or two there'll come somebody else.