"That won't be much."
"It will be enough to get a hungry man a dinner."
"Haven't you had any dinner?"
"No."
"Why didn't you ask for one, then?"
"Why should I ask you for a dinner?"
"Why shouldn't you? If I be a tight-fisted man, I'm not mean enough to refuse a hungry man."
"Give me some work, and I can buy my dinner."
"What's your name?"
"Egbert Haldane."