17/38 Then they're sure of their work as long as they keep honest and don't break any of our rules; that's no slight thing, I can tell you. Why, on the ordinary system a man may find himself and his family without food any week end. Then there's a good school for the children; they pay threepence a week for each child. You just come over the place with me some day, and talk with the women, and see if they don't think they're well off.' Adela looked him in the face. 'What would you think of me if I worked them like niggers and just enjoyed myself on the profits? |