Put Me Amongst the Girls

This remark was caused by the thoughtless behaviour of Binns and Sloper, who, not finding the debate greatly to their interest, had begun to sing an extract from the music-hall songs of the day. Sloper had just requested some person unknown to put him amongst the girls, to which Binns had added explanatorily, anxious apparently that there should be no mistake, 'those with the curly curls', when the meeting descended upon the warblers in the usual manner, and the duet came to an end in a cloud of dust.

The Luck Stone. 11 The Great Food Question