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LONG--[Jumping on a bench--hecticly] Hinsultin' us! Hinsultin' us,
the bloody cow! And them bloody engineers! What right 'as they got
to be exhibitin' us 's if we was bleedin' monkeys in a menagerie?
Did we sign for hinsults to our dignity as 'onest workers? Is that
in the ship's articles? You kin bloody well bet it ain't! But I
knows why they done it. I arsked a deck steward 'o she was and 'e
told me. 'Er old man's a bleedin' millionaire, a bloody
Capitalist! 'E's got enuf bloody gold to sink this bleedin' ship!
'E makes arf the bloody steel in the world! 'E owns this bloody
boat! And you and me, comrades, we're 'is slaves! And the skipper
and mates and engineers, they're 'is slaves! And she's 'is bloody
daughter and we're all 'er slaves, too! And she gives 'er orders
as 'ow she wants to see the bloody animals below decks and down
they takes 'er! [There is a roar of rage from all sides.]
YANK--[Blinking at him bewilderedly.] Say! Wait a moment! Is all
dat straight goods?
LONG--Straight as string! The bleedin' steward as waits on 'em, 'e
told me about 'er. And what're we goin' ter do, I arsks yer? 'Ave
we got ter swaller 'er hinsults like dogs? It ain't in the ship's
articles. I tell yer we got a case. We kin go ter law--
YANK--[With abysmal contempt.
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