"If it were summer," said Higgins, "I'd take to Paddy's work, and go as a navvy, or haymaking, or summat, and ne'er see Milton again. But it's winter, and th' childer will clem."

'If it were summer,' said Higgins, 'I'd do Paddy's work, and go as a navvy, or haymaking, or summut. But it's winter, and th' childer will clem.'
