“in his early twenties,
not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”
“why shouldn’t they
try for higher wages? we try for the highest possible prices”
“it isn’t as if
you can go and work somewhere else”
“he could have kept
her on instead of throwing her out”
“i’d have
let her stay”
“well i was in that state
when a chap easily turns nasty - and i threaten to make a row”
“and that’s when it happened.
and i don’t even remember that’s the hellish thing”
“i wasn’t in love
with her or anything - but i liked her - she was a pretty good sport”
“she didn’t want
me to marry her. said i didn’t love her - and all that”