1 And yet there were things even worse.
2 She's cut it bad, this time, worse than before.
3 There were some things worse than even starving to death.
4 Then sores began to break out on his feet, and grow worse and worse.
5 In the end, however, Ona discovered that it was even worse than that.
6 And worse than there being no decency, there was not even any honesty.
7 And worse yet, the boys were getting out of the habit of coming home at night.
8 Elzbieta was sick a good deal now, and the boys were wild and unruly, and very much the worse for their life upon the streets.
9 And they had turned off three-quarters of these men, which was a still worse sign, since it meant that there were no orders to be filled.
10 So the old man's cough grew every day worse, until there came a time when it hardly ever stopped, and he had become a nuisance about the place.
11 But now the income of the family was cut down more than one-third, and the food demand was cut only one-eleventh, so that they were worse off than ever.
12 Then, of course, it was impossible for any one to get to work with dry feet; and this was bad for men that were poorly clad and shod, and still worse for women and children.
13 This did not mean that his arm was strong and that he was able to go back to work, but simply that he could get along without further attention, and that his place was needed for some one worse off than he.
14 To console himself he had to drink a good deal, and he went back to Packingtown about two o'clock in the morning, very much the worse for his excursion, and, it must be confessed, entirely deserving the calamity that was in store for him.
15 Still others, worse yet, would crowd about the bar, and at the expense of the host drink themselves sodden, paying not the least attention to any one, and leaving it to be thought that either they had danced with the bride already, or meant to later on.
16 Even worse than that was the fearful nervousness from which she suffered; she would have frightful headaches and fits of aimless weeping; and sometimes she would come home at night shuddering and moaning, and would fling herself down upon the bed and burst into tears.