- Mary Smith: The firm got into difficulties and the older men had to go first...
- Harry Jones: Well I'll be shot. What are you doing then?
- Mary Smith: Doing? What else could we do? Nobody wants a man of Johns age. He's... , he's...
- John Smith: What Mary's trying to tell you is that I'm booked for the workhouse.
- Harry Jones: Good Lord. Look here old man, I think perhaps I can help you.
- John Smith: No, no, old man, I won't borrow what I can't repay.
- Harry Jones: Stubborn as a mule, eh? But I wasn't going to offer money. I came up against it myself just like this a couple of years ago. And I think I know who might help you and get you a job.
- John Smith: A job? Who?
- Harry Jones: You ever heard of the Fellowship Centre?