I thought it over--I'm not a proud man, never above takin' a hint,--and I admitted to meself that what you said was fair about makin' money.

Some'ow I never thought but what money was the first thing to make in business.

To tell you the truth, I always thought it rather a feather in my cap that I never took advantage of Brown Borough customers in selling adulterated goods, for--Lawdy--they'd swallow anythink.

It's different with your business, bein' in an 'igher-class locality.

'Igh prices, I thought, was only natural.