If I am sick it must doctor me; if I am worn out it must feed me; if I die it must bury me; if I leave my children paupers the parish must look after them, and they'll be as well off with the parish as they were with me.

Now they've only got just enough to keep body and soul together, and the parish can't give them less than that.

What's the use of cutting myself off from sixpenny-worth of pleasure here, and sixpenny-worth there.

I'm not saving money for my children, I'm only saving the farmers' rates." There it is, sir,' said Tregarva; 'that's the bottom of it, sir,-- "I'm only saving the farmers' rates.

Let us eat and drink, for to- morrow we die!"' 'I don't see my way out of it,' said Lancelot.
'So says everybody, sir.