Love Among The Haystacks by D H Lawrence Chapter 2 Page 19

you goin’ to give me summat for her? It’s nowt she’s had all day, to my knowin’. She’ll ‘appen eat it if I take it ‘er — though she gets more than I’ve any knowledge of” — this with a lewd wink of jealous spite. “And then tries to keep a tight hand on me,” he sneered, taking the bread and cheese, and stuffing it in his pocket.