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Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
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"I'm not hungry--now."

"Where do you usually feed?"

"At an Express Dairy."

"Eh!"

"You get a large cup of tea for tuppence there."

"A tea-shop! But it wouldn't be open so late."

"Lockhart's is."

"Lockhart's?"

"The Cocoa Rooms. In the 'First Class' you find quite a collection
of shabby gentility. And you'd never believe what a lot you can get
there for tuppence."

"Eh!"

"I'll tell you, you might find it useful some day; one never knows.
You can get a huge cup of tea or coffee--a bit stewed--but, at
least, it's warm; also, four huge pieces of bread and butter, and a
good, long, lovely rest."

"Good God!"

"For tuppence more you can get sausages; sixpence provides a meal; a
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