W. Pett Ridge

“ I'll take all three of you on—one down, t'other come on—if you begin to—"
"Keep him 'ere," she begged, "for ten minutes, till I fetch Enry Barden! He'll make him mind what's said to him."
"Who's that?" demanded Mord Em'ly's father gruffly. "That chap I saw boxing last night! Why, what the— Look 'ere." He turned to the serious-faced, shirt-sleeved men who were still eyeing him steadily. There seems to be a lot of fuss about nothing at all. I don't want to make no disturbance. I'm the peacefullest man you ever come acrost. I'm a perfect babe in arms, in a manner of speaking. ”

“ There's money to be made if you've only got a 'ead on your shoulders; it's simply a question of being a bit sharper than other people. This job I've got in and now, for instance! Why, I don't seepose there's a comride amongst 'em except me and my friend that'd know how to manage it like we do, even if they'd got the chance. ”

“ Seeposin', I say, that once I get the 'andling of this money, I prepose to take 'alf a 'ouse and settle down? Seeposin' I ain't very comfortable where I am, and seeposin' I want someone to look after me?"
"Talk sense!" said Mord Em'ly.
"I am a-talking sense" declared Mr. Wetherell, obstinately. "I put the case to you now, and I want your opinion. How does the idea strike you, aye?" He changed his tone. "Answer me, why don't you, when I ask you a civil question?"
"You're the best judge of your own affairs."
"Granted!" said Mr. Wetherell. "That I know. ”

“ The two girls wait patiently until she awakes. Outside, in the narrow passage, the neighbour has been arguing loudly with a man; the words of the disputants cannot be heard, but it is clear that there is want of agreement. ”

“ See?"
"Now that we thor'ly understand one another," said Mord Em'ly's father, with the most agreeable air in the world, "I'll retire."
When Mord Em'ly returned with Henry Barden, her father had disappeared. The three men went off duty when they saw Mord Em'ly, and Pandora closed itself, and went to bed. But Mr. Barden decided to remain on sentry-go at the doorway of Block C of Pandora during the night. ”