THE KIKE: The old b***h wouldn’t give me the hot water. Had to tap a toff in the street and pay a penny for it. SNOUTER: — likely story! Bin swigging it on the way more likely. DADDY [emerging from his overcoat]: Drum o’ tea, eh? I could sup a drum o’ tea. [Belches slightly.] CHARLIE: When their bubs get like perishing razor strops? I know. NOSY WATSON: Tea – bloody catlap. Better’n that cocoa in the stir, though. Lend’s your cup, matie. GINGER: Jest wait’ll I knock a ’ole in this tin of milk. Shy us a money or your life, someone. MRS BENDIGO: Easy with that bloody sugar! ’Oo paid for it, I sh’d like to know? MR TALLBOYS: When their bubs get like razor strops. I thank thee for that humour. Pippin’s Weekly made quite a feature of the case. ‘Missing Canon’s Sub Rosa Romance. Intimate

