"Com strike a light," said The Swe "Wi 2 weep. "What would you do if you was one of them there idle rich?" think," I said.
"That's right," said The Sweep, "You. ip. "You'd do Rothink. And what would oppon te you then?"
"Nothink," I said.
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"Oh, yus it would," said The Sw cep.
"You'd go "Go on," 1 said, "And for why?" asked The Sweep.
"I don't know," I said.
"Because you wasn't brought up as a gentleman,"
"Reelly"? I said.
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You was born to work like me," said The Sweep. "And doing nothing all day wouldn't come natural Why, them there people what know ow to do nothing properly was brought up to it."
"Was they?" I said.
"They was," said The Sweep. "Right from the adio they was taught that work was only f erses and the lower classes, so if they ad to do a day's work now they'd drop dead.
Fancy," I said.
"And we wouldn't like that to oppon," said The Sweep.
"Certainly not," I said.
"Why," said The Sweep, "if there was mo rich and poor the rich couldn't get to coven by giving money to charity.
"That's right," I said.
"And then where would they go when they die?" asked The Sweep.
"I wouldn't like to say," I said.
"So what are you grumbling about?" asked Thy Sweep.
"I wasn't," I said.
"Accordin to the paper," said The Sweep, "ever: thing's going to be lovely this year. Me and you are going to get more for doing more and the idle rich are going to get more for doing nothing. So everybody will be eppy. Cor suffering blimey.'
"Cor suffer crickey," I said.
"Cor chase my Aunt Fanny round the duck pond," said The Sweep.
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