| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1151 |
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All through the summer Crass continued to be the general `colour-man', most of his time being spent at the shop mixing up colours for all the different `jobs'. He also acted as a sort of lieutenant to Hunter, who, as the reader has already been informed, was not a practical painter. When there was a price to be given for some painting work, Misery sometimes took Crass with him to look over it and help him to estimate the amount of time and material it would take. Crass was thus in a position of more than ordinary importance, not only being superior to the `hands', but also ranking above the other sub-foremen who had charge of the `jobs'. It was Crass and these sub-foremen who were to blame for most of the scamping and driving, because if it had not been for them neither Rushton nor Hunter would have known how to scheme the work. Of course, Hunter and Rushton wanted to drive and scamp, but not being practical men they would not have known how if it had not been for Crass and the others, who put them up to all the tricks of the trade |
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