How I do miss the Temple!"
"We'll have the Temple open again before long," said the
Dandy.
"That will be sweet," exclaimed Caroline. "I often dream of
that foreign nobleman who used to sing, 'Oh, no, we never!'"
"Well, I cannot make out what puts you in such spirits, Mick,"
said Julia. "You told me only this morning that the thing was
up, and that we should soon be slaves for life; working
sixteen hours a day for no wages, and living on oatmeal
porridge and potatoes, served out by the millocrats like a
regular Bastile."
"But, as Madam Carey says, when things are at the worst--"
"Oh! I did say it," said the widow, "surely, because you see,
at my years, I have seen so many ups and downs, though I
always say--"
"Come, Dusty," said Julia, "you are more silent than ever.
You won't take a dish I know: but tell us the news, for I am
sure you have something to say."
"I should think we had," said Dusty.
Here all the girls began talking at the same time, and without
waiting for the intelligence, favouring one another with their
guesses of its import.
"I am sure it's Shuffle and Screw going to work half time,"
said Harriet. "I always said so."
"It's something to put down the people," said Julia: "I
suppose the Nobs have met, and are going to drop wages again.
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