Twelve Tales with a Headpiece, a Tailpiece, and an Intermezzo: Being Select Stories

“Ah, he was a mean-spirited beggar, that fellow Sibthorpe! As mean-spirited a beggar as ever I come across. Yes, that''s who I mean; that''s him; the fellow as was murdered. I s''pose you''d call it murdered, now I come to think of it. But, Lord, he was such a mean-spirited chap, he wouldn''t be enough to ''ang a dog for! (Excerpt)