“They might. But it’s most awfully difficult. Nobody knows what ought to be done about these things.”
“That is so. But there’s a right and a wrong in everything. There’s plenty of people willing to help those that will help theirselves. But that’s very different to coming into a person’s house to try and get money out of strangers.”
“I say.”
“It is I say. I never felt so ashamed in my life.”
“I say.... Did they tell you?”
“Mrs. Hurd came to me herself.”
“Mrs. Hurd. Of course, it would be.”
“My word. I was wild. And them only just come into my house.”
“Yes, of course; I say.”
“Tellin’ them she was ill.”