"There is a shift on," said the dragoman. "Stand here, sir; we shall see them passing in and out."
The Laborious were not hurrying, and went by uttering the words: "Cheer oh!" "So long!" and "Wot abaht it!"
The Angel contemplated them for a time before he said: "It comes back to me now how they used to talk when they were doing up my flat on my visit in 1910."
"Give me, I pray, an imitation," said his dragoman.
The Angel struck the attitude of one painting a door. "William," he said, rendering those voices of the past, "what money are you obtaining?"
"Not half, Alfred."
"If that is so, indeed, William, should you not rather leave your tools and obtain better money? I myself am doing this."
"Not half, Alfred."
"Round the corner I can obtain more money by working for fewer hours. In my opinion there is no use in working for less money when you can obtain more. How much does Henry obtain?"
"Not half, Alfred."