Wi’ bread and cheese for all the day.

I’ll tell you raälly, without consate,

For a hungry pig ’tis a charmin’ bait.

At six you’re locked into your cell,

There until the mornin’ dwell;

There is a bed o’ straw all to lay on,

There’s Hobson’s choice, there’s that or none.

From The Chequers, by James Runciman.


The Twenty Craftsmen.