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But do n't you think you 'd better take your jacket off ? Here , let me help you . ' It took a very long time to get this jacket off , because whilst he was helping her , Slyme kissed her repeatedly and passionately as she lay limp and unresisting in his arms . The Oblong During the following week the work at ` The Cave ' progressed rapidly towards completion , although , the hours of daylight being so few , the men worked only from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. and they had their breakfasts before they came . This made 40 hours a week , so that those who were paid sevenpence an hour earned £ 1.3.4 . Those who got sixpence-halfpenny drew £ 1.1.8 . Those whose wages were fivepence an hour were paid the princely sum of 16/8d .