CHAPTER XXV--THE HUNGER WAIL.
"My father has more stamina than I, for he is country-born." The speaker, a bright young East Ender, was lamenting his poor physical development.
"Look at my scrawny arm, will you." He pulled up his sleeve.

"Not enough to eat, that's what's the matter with it.

Oh, not now.

I have what I want to eat these days.

But it's too late.