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♦ m Miss Marjorie: “And how is your soil James getting on, Mr Giles ?’’ Gilt's (whose son has gone to London “in service”): “Well, to tell ye the truth, Miss Marji, Oi’m very troubled about him. ()i ’ad a lettei last week, an* c’ says that ’e ’« livin’ In a buildin’ Aith undreds of people in it, an’ its three or four houses one on top of t’ other. ’K says there’s a railway carmine without an <nnin’ that goes up the middle of the buildin', an’ the lights is all in Inittles an you turn ’em on with a tap without usin’ a loocifer, an’ ” Miss Marjoiie: “Rut why arc >ou troubled al*out James?*’ Giles: "Aye, Ot fear ’e must a took to drink, Miss!’’
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White Ribbon, Volume 28, Issue 328, 18 October 1922, Page 14
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