╘╫╧: ╬OTHING LIKE A GOOD GLASS OF ├HATEAU DE ├HASILY, EH, ╩OSIAH?
╘╚╥┼┼: ┼H, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, ╧BIDIAH.
╧╬┼: ╫HO'D HAVE THOUGHT THIRTY YEARS AGO WE'D ALL BE SITTIN' HERE, DRINKING ├HATEAU DE ├HASILY WINE, EH?
╞╧╒╥: ┴YE, IN THEM DAYS, WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE THE PRICE OF A CUP OF TEA.
╘╫╧: ┴YE, A CUP OF COLD TEA.
╧╬┼: ╫ITHOUT MILK OR SUGAR.
╘╚╥┼┼: ╧R TEA.
╞╧╒╥: ╔N A FILTHY, CRACKED CUP.
╧╬┼: ╫E NEVER USED TO HAVE A CUP. ╫E HAD TO DRINK OUT OF A ROLLED-UP NEWSPAPER.
╘╫╧: ╘HE BEST WE COULD MANAGE WAS A SUCK ON A PIECE OF DAMP CLOTH.
╘╚╥┼┼: ┬UT YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAPPY IN THOSE DAYS, THOUGH WE WERE POOR.
╞╧╒╥: ┬ECAUSE WE WERE POOR. ═Y OLD ─AD USED TO SAY TO ME, '═ONEY DOESN'T BUY YOU HAPPINESS, SON.'
╧╬┼: ╚E WAS RIGHT. ╔ WAS HAPPIER THEN, AND ╔ HAD NOTHING. ╫E USED TO LIVE IN THIS TINY OLD HOUSE, WITH GREAT BIG HOLES IN THE ROOF.
╘╫╧: ╚OUSE? ┘OU WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A HOUSE. ╫E USED TO LIVE IN ONE ROOM, ALL TWENTY-SIX OF US, NO FURNITURE, HALF THE FLOOR WAS MISSING, AND WE WERE HUDDLED IN THE CORNER FOR FEAR OF FALLING!
╘╚╥┼┼: ╧H, YOU WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A ROOM! ╫E USED TO HAVE TO LIVE IN A CORRIDOR!
╞╧╒╥: ╧H, WE USED TO DREAM OF LIVING IN A CORRIDOR! '╫OULD HAVE BEEN A PALACE TO US. ╫E USED TO LIVE IN AN OLD WATER TANK ON A RUBBISH TIP. ╫E GOT WOKEN UP EVERY MORNING BY HAVING A LOAD OF ROTTEN FISH DUMPED ALL OVER US. ╚OUSE. ╚A!
╧╬┼: ╫ELL, WHEN ╔ SAY HOUSE, IT WAS ONLY A HOLE IN THE GROUND COVERED BY A PIECE OF TARPAULIN. ┬UT IT WAS A HOUSE TO US.
╘╫╧: ╫E WERE EVICTED FROM OUR HOLE IN THE GROUND. ╫E HAD TO GO AND LIVE IN A LAKE.
╘╚╥┼┼: ┘OU WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A LAKE. ╘HERE WERE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF US, LIVING IN A SMALL SHOEBOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
╞╧╒╥: ├ARDBOARD BOX?
╘╚╥┼┼: ┴YE.
╞╧╒╥: ┘OU WERE LUCKY. ╫E LIVED FOR THREE MONTHS IN A BROWN PAPER BAG IN A SEPTIC TANK. ╫E USED TO HAVE TO GET UP AT SIX IN THE MORNING, CLEAN THE BAG, EAT A CRUST OF STALE BREAD, GO TO WORK DOWN THE MILL FOURTEEN HOURS A DAY, WEEK IN, WEEK OUT; AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, OUR ─AD WOULD THRASH US TO SLEEP WITH HIS BELT.
╘╫╧: ╠UXURY. ╫E USED TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE LAKE AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, CLEAN THE LAKE, EAT A HANDFUL OF HOT GRAVEL, GO TO WORK FOR TWENTY HOURS AT THE MILL EVERY DAY FOR TWOPENCE A MONTH, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, OUR ─AD WOULD SLASH US AROUND THE HEAD AND NECK WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE -- IF WE WERE LUCKY!
╘╚╥┼┼: ┬UT WE HAD IT TOUGH. ╫E USED TO HAVE TO GET UP OUT OF THE SHOEBOX AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND LICK THE ROAD CLEAN WITH OUR TONGUES. ╫E HAD ONE HANDFUL OF FREEZING COLD GRAVEL, WORKED 24 HOURS A DAY AT THE MILL FOR FOURPENCE EVERY SIX YEARS, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, OUR ─AD WOULD SLICE US IN TWO WITH A BREAD KNIFE.
╧╬┼: ╥IGHT. ╔ HAD TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AT TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT -- HALF AN HOUR BEFORE ╔ WENT TO BED, EAT A LUMP OF DRY POISON, WORK 29 HOURS A DAY DOWNMILL, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME OUR ─AD WOULD KILL US, AND DANCE ABOUT ON OUR GRAVES SINGING ╚ALLELUJIAH.
╞╧╒╥: ┴ND YOU TRY AND TELL THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY THAT, AND THEY WON'T BELIVE YOU.
