"Yo're just a foreigner, and nothing more," said he, contemptuously. "Much yo know about it. Ask th' masters! They'd tell us to mind our own business, and they'd mind theirs. Our business being, yo understand, to take the bated wage, and be thankful; and their business to bate us down to clemming point, to swell their profits. That's what it is."
"But," said Margaret, determined not to give way, although she saw she was irritating him, "the state of trade may be such as not to enable them to give you the same remuneration."

'Much yo' know about it,' said he, contemptuously. 'Ask th' masters! They'd tell us to mind our own business. Our business being, yo' understand, to take the smaller wage, and be thankful, and their business to starve us, and swell their profits. That's what it is.'
'But,' said Margaret, determined not to give way, although she saw she was irritating him, 'the state of trade may be such that they cannot pay you the same wage.'
