"What sort of a new chum are you then?"
"I asked you if you wanted a carpenter."
"Where were you working before?"
"In Bowen."
"What wages did you get there?"
"Thirty pounds a year."
"Do you know that I expect my men to earn fourteen shillings a day?"
"I will do as much work as I can, and I do not expect you to pay me more than I can earn."
"Got any tools?"
"No."