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Charles Dickens's Works. Charles Dickens Ed. [18 Vols. of a 21 Vol. Set. Wanting a Child's History of England (11)
Charles Dickens's Works Charles Dickens Ed - 18 Vols. of a 21 Vol. Set. Wanting a Child's History of England 11 Author:Charles Dickens Title: Charles Dickens's Works. Charles Dickens Ed. [18 Vols. of a 21 Vol. Set. Wanting a Child's History of England; Christmas Stories; the Mystery of Edwin Drood]. Volume: 11 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there m... more »ay be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Mr. W egg never bargains. 3 3 I live over Maiden Lane way -- out Holloway direction -- and you've only got to go East-and-by-North when you've finished here, and you're there. Twopence hall- penny an hour," said Boffin, taking a piece of chalk from his pocket and getting off the stool to work the sum on the top of it in his own way ; " two long'uns and a short'un -- twopence half-penny ; two short'uns is a long'un, and two two long'uns is four long'uns -- making five long'uns ; six nights a week at five long'uns a night," scoring them all down separately, " and you mount up to thirty long'uns. A round'un ! Half-a-crown !" Pointing to this result as a large and satisfactory one, Mr. Boffin smeared it out with his moistened glove, and sat down on the remains. "Halfa crown," said Wegg, meditating. "Yes. (It ain't much, sir.) Half a crown." "Per week, you know." " Per week. Yes. As to the amount of strain upon the intellect now. Was you thinking at all of poetry ?" Mr. Wegg inquired, musing. " Would it come dearer ?" Mr. Boffin asked. " It would come dearer," Mr. Wegg returned. " For when a person comes to grind off poetry night after night, it is but right he should expect to be paid for its weakening effect on his mind." "To tell you the truth, Wegg," said Boffin, "I wasn't thinking of poetry, except in so fur as this i -- If you was to happen now and then to feel yourself in the mind to tip me and Mrs. Boffin one of your b...« less