“Chicken!” said Mr. Cargreen. “That’s what I’ve brought for my lunch.”
“And ’am is what I’ve got,” said Mr. Scantlebray. “They’ll go lovely together.” Then, in a loud tone—“Come in!”
The door opened, and a carpenter entered with a piece of deal board in his hand.
“You won’t mind looking out of the winder, Mr. Cargreen?” said Mr. Scantlebray. “Some business that’s partick’ler my own. You’ll find the jessamine—the white jessamine—smells beautiful.”
Mr. Cargreen rose, and went to the dining-room window that was embowered in white jessamine, then in full flower and fragrance.
“What is it, Davy?”
“Well, sir, I ain’t got no dry old board for the floor where it be rotten, nor for the panelling of the doors where broken through.”
“No board at all?”
“No, sir—all is green. Only cut last winter.”
“Won’t it take paint?”