“But the building trade’s very brisk just now, I believe?”
“’Deed, sorr, I couldn't say.”
“What, not know the state of the labour market in your own trade! Where did you work last?”
“At Mr. Whitwam’s, sorr.”
“You live in Huddersfield, I think?”
“Yes, sorr.”
“This how long?”
“This twenty years and more, sorr” answered Graham, with alacrity, apparently relieved to get away from the subject of his occupation.
“Off and on, or all on?”
“Straight on, sorr, twenty year an’ more I’ve lived in this town.”