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They accordingly went on the Monday , and Tuesday and Wednesday , but as nothing ` came in ' of course they did not do any work . On Thursday morning the weather was dark and bitterly cold . The sky presented an unbroken expanse of dull grey and a keen north wind swept through the cheerless streets . Owen -- who had caught cold whilst painting the outside of the conservatory at Sweater 's house the previous week -- did not get to the yard until ten o'clock . He felt so ill that he would not have gone at all if they had not needed the money he would be able to earn if there was anything to do . Strange though it may appear to the advocates of thrift , although he had been so fortunate as to be in employment when so many others were idle , they had not saved any money . On the contrary , during all the summer they had not been able to afford to have proper food or clothing .