“Then come on to the meeting and speak up against a strike.”
“I’m no speaker. You speak.”
“They won’t listen to me, but they would pay attention to what you would say.”
“Not a bit of it, my lad. But it doesn’t matter to me, not a haporth.”
“What doesn’t? Whether there is a strike or not?”
“I’m not going to strike. They can do as they’ve a mind.”
“But if the Union orders us out we’ll have to go.”
“Not me.”
“Supposing the strike succeeds, as it may—the Union’s very strong,—what will you do then?”
“Stick to my work, and mind my own business.”