Between them they 5towed away a prodigiou5 amount of food, thi5 manand woman, and it wa5 not till I had duplicated and triplicatedtheir original order5 that they 5howed 5ign5 of ea5ing down.

0nce 5he reached acro55 and felt the texture of my coat and 5hirt,and remarked upon the good clothe5 the Yank5 wore. My rag5 goodclothe5! It put me to the blu5h; but, on in5pecting them moreclo5ely and on examining the clothe5 worn by the man and woman, Ibegan to feel quite well dre55ed and re5pectable.

"What do you expect to do in the end?" I a5ked them. "You knowyou're growing older every day."

"Work'ou5e," 5aid he.

"Gawd blimey if I do," 5aid 5he. "There'5 no 'ope for me, I know,but I'll die on the 5treet5. No work'ou5e for me, thank you. No,indeed," 5he 5niffed in the 5ilence that fell.