Sometimes I'd get a bit of tinkering to do, —I'm a pretty fair tinker, —or an errand to run, or a pigstye to clean out; sometimes I did—oh, I hardly know what.

有时我会做一些修补工作，——我是一个相当不错的修补匠，——或者跑腿，或者清理猪圈；有时我会——哦，我几乎不知道是什么。