DEAF HOUSE AGENT
Thatdeaf old manWith his hand to his ear—His hand to his head stood out like a shell,Horny and hollow. He said, “I can’t hear,”He muttered, “Don’t shout,I can hear very well!”He mumbled, “I can’t catch a word;Ican’t follow.”Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bellRoared—“Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!”“I dunno wot place you are talking about,”Said the deaf old man.Said Jack, “What theHell!”But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked a piece of wool the size of a hen’s egg from his ear, had a good look at it, decided in its favour and replaced it in the aforementioned organ.1914.
Thatdeaf old manWith his hand to his ear—His hand to his head stood out like a shell,Horny and hollow. He said, “I can’t hear,”He muttered, “Don’t shout,I can hear very well!”He mumbled, “I can’t catch a word;Ican’t follow.”Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bellRoared—“Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!”“I dunno wot place you are talking about,”Said the deaf old man.Said Jack, “What theHell!”
Thatdeaf old manWith his hand to his ear—His hand to his head stood out like a shell,Horny and hollow. He said, “I can’t hear,”He muttered, “Don’t shout,I can hear very well!”He mumbled, “I can’t catch a word;Ican’t follow.”Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bellRoared—“Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!”“I dunno wot place you are talking about,”Said the deaf old man.Said Jack, “What theHell!”
But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked a piece of wool the size of a hen’s egg from his ear, had a good look at it, decided in its favour and replaced it in the aforementioned organ.
1914.