“ Whether he'll object to you being in a pub a mile away, taking care of a box of gold while you was supposed to be taking care of the wharf, is his bisness. My bisness is to see that my man 'as 'is rights." "'Ear, 'ear !" ses the crew. "You please yourself, watchman," ses the skipper. "You're such a clever man that no doubt you could get a better job to-morrow. There must be 'eaps of people wanting a man like you. It's for you to decide. That's all I've got to say—five bob a week till pore George 'as got 'is money back, or else I put the case afore the guv'nor. Wot did you say?" ”
W. W. Jacobs
Quotes from Paying Off (W. W. Jacobs)
“ If you don't, I'm pretty certain I sha'n't 'ave one of 'em in a week or two's time." At fust I said I wouldn't 'ave anything to do with it, but he begged so 'ard that I began to alter my mind. "You're as honest as daylight, Bill," he ses, very earnest. "I don't know another man in the world I could trust with twenty-five quid— especially myself. Now, put it in your pocket and look arter it for me. One of the quids in it is for you, for your trouble." He slipped the box in my coat-pocket, and then he said 'is mind was so relieved that 'e felt like 'arf a pint. ”
“ And he 'ad got an honest face: nice open blue eyes, and a smile that done you good to look at." "You've been swindled," I ses, "and you know it. If I'd been done like that I should never hold up my 'ead agin. Why, a child o' five would know better. You and your crew all seem to be tarred with the same brush. You ain't fit to be trusted out alone." I believe 'e told his 'ands wot I said; anyway, two bits o' coke missed me by 'arf an inch next evening, and for some weeks not one of 'em spoke a word to me. When they see me coming they just used to stand up straight and twist their nose. ”
