"Willis has got the best job; they've hired up two or three others, but we're left out." "Willis!" exclaimed Lister, and joined in Kemp's laugh.
"After all, the money he's going to get is theirs," said Kemp.

"In this country we're a curious lot.

We let grafters and wire-pullers run us, and, when we start a big job, get away with much of the capital we want for machines; but somehow we make good.

We shoulder a load we needn't carry and hit the pace up hot.

If we got clean control, I reckon we'd never stop.