She dropped her apron, replaced the cigarette, and, with her hands on her plump knees, eyes him steadily.
"But—but this ain't a factory," objected the dismayed man; "and, besides —I won't 'ave it!"
Mrs. Porter laughed—a fat, comfortable laugh, but with a touch of hardness in it.
"All right, mate," she said, comfortably. "What are you out on strike for?"
"Shorter hours and more money," said Mr. Porter, glaring at her.
His wife nodded. "So am I," she said. "I wonder who gets it first?"
She smiled agreeably at the bewildered Mr. Porter, and, extracting a paper packet of cigarettes from her pocket, lit a fresh one at the stub of the first.
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