| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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for another `start', but they generally found that their places had been filled. If they happened to be good `sloggers' - men who made a practice of `tearing their guts out' when they did work - they were usually forgiven, and after being admonished by Misery, permitted to resume work, with the understanding that if ever it occurred again they would get the `infernal' - which means the final and irrevocable - sack. There was once a job at a shop that had been a high-class restaurant kept by a renowned Italian chef. It had been known as `MACARONI'S ROYAL ITALIAN CAFE' Situated on the Grand Parade, it was a favourite resort of the `Elite', who frequented it for afternoon tea and coffee and for little suppers after the theatre. It had plate-glass windows, resplendent |
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