You can also pay half a crownfor a special, which
is practically hotel accommodation. At a quarter past six we were sent tobed. It is
obvious that this is a dismal,demoralizing way of life, especially for an uneducated
man.
Here legislation could accomplish
something.
They arelike the trippers who say such cutting
things about trippers. If they made these places toocomfortable, youd have all the
scum of the country flocking into them. Youdbe bloody lucky if you got tree hours
sleep.
And there can be nodoubt that sexual starvation
contributes to this rotting process. The only otherplaces where people are herded
like this are barracks and hospitals.
Some days I want to explore that world more
thoroughly.
Ofcourse, no one can sleep soundly in such
circumstances.
There isno reason why every ninepenny lodging-house
should not come up to thisstandard. Possibly he thought that I might take advantage
of his helplessness andslay him.
To take a fundamental question about vagrancy: Why
do tramps exist atall?
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almost no restrictionswhatsoever. He found meready, but I had mistaken his
intentions. He is avagrant because, in the state of the law, it is that or starve.
At thismoment a pale watery stuff called beer is sevenpence a pint in England. He is
avagrant because, in the state of the law, it is that or starve.
The result is a perpetual racket, making sleep
impossible. It waslittle Scotty, the Glasgow tramp, who had run after us
panting.
Atramp, therefore, is a celibate from the moment
when he takes to the road.