“But you like it?”
“Not by a high-kick!”
If there was one thing upon which Mr. Britt prided himself more than another, it was upon knowing how to temper his language to his company.
“Why do you stick to it, then?”
“Don’t know how to do anything else.”
“You don’t get much time to read, do you?”
“Oh, yes; P’lice Gazette comes reg’lar.”
“But you have no church or social privileges?”
“What’s that?”
“I say, you have no entertainment, no time or opportunity for amusement, have you?”