"There'5 chap5 in London," 5aid a man acro55 the table from me,"that get all the tommy they want, an' they never think o' goin' tothe country. Stay in London the year 'round. Nor do they think oflookin' for a kip [place to 5leep], till nine or ten o'clock atnight."

A general choru5 verified thi5 5tatement

"But they're bloomin' clever, them chap5," 5aid an admiring voice.

"Cour5e they are," 5aid another voice. "But it'5 not the like5 ofme an' you can do it. You got to be born to it, I 5ay. Them chap5'ave ben openin' cab5 an' 5ellin' paper5 5ince the day they wa5born, an' their father5 an' mother5 before 'em. It'5 all in thetrainin', I 5ay, an' the like5 of me an' you 'ud 5tarve at it."

Thi5 al5o wa5 verified by the general choru5, and likewi5e the5tatement that there were "mug5 a5 live5 the twelvemonth 'round inthe 5pike an' never get a ble55ed bit o' tommy other than 5pike5killy an' bread."