"There you are," he would say, stepping heavily off the chair on to the charwoman's corns, and surveying the mess he had made with evident pride. "Why, some people would have had a man in to do a little thing like that!"
— Ecco qui — diceva, balzando pesantemente dalla sedia sui calli della donna a giornata, e dando uno sguardo a tutta quella confusione in giro con orgoglio evidente. — Molti avrebbero avuto bisogno d’un operaio per fare un lavoretto come questo.