"Lockout" Quotes from Famous Books
... Six times five's the matter, because I wouldn't let my old father starve during the lockout. We had a jolly good time then. I was a good son! Didn't mind the fat purses of the bigwigs and a little bread and water—and the devil and his standpipe! But now they're singing another tune: That man! Why, he's been punished for theft! End of him. ... — Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo |