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Brother Jacob

Chapter 5 The Lessons of the Confectioner's Shop Part I

Word Count: 1034    |    Released on: 23/09/2024

fter the departure of Mr.

t shop in the market-p

let to the stranger with

st appearance had caused

where he had called t

ing eye, was a good pla

ion in it at present; the

the Dissenters had thei

rket for their joints wit

cept that the rector's w

-breads and the mutton k

d requested that, so far

f other customers, the s

was likely to be a growin

Charity, under the stimul

inning to apply long-ac

Coat School, which was

extended scale, the t

nly concerning the coat. The shopkeepers at G

y this prospect of in

al men, who liked doing

customers, and could cal

been held a point of ho

their sugar and their f

ers had bought before

em of neck-and-neck tradi

in fan-like folds, and

actitious charm (for on

ke a bunch of China￾asters?), or, if new grocer

de seductive by contra

rimworth, that a vagrant

the end carry the most

ttleton, where, business

k returns, the fashions w

s might be bought

times predominant amon

inty concerning the natu

stranger was about to se

ional strength to the fea

rapery, it was probable t

showy and inferior artic

e their dye in the wash-

ould soon look like gauze

er of a family would tru

ad been known in some

for custom with cards

y knew where, there wa

sand pities that Mr. Mo

leaving anybody to foll

ought to have known bet

iscovery that ovens we

op was, in fact, being fi

rimworth, did not quite suffice to turn the scale

im warmly, said he seem

hat she could make ou

most likely a good m

e of light and colour, a

the market-place, when

own from the new shop

ons. On one side, there

meats, set off by bright

rich tones of sauces and

ltogether a sight to brin

he other, there was a p

nd white, and yellow, an

biscuits and icings, whic

been blended into a fae

ht to dawn upon the eyes

to their dinner that da

ry sugar-plums; and I th

he market-place, would

om those shop-window

of size and strength, th

and the little ones in t

hs towards the upper ti

at mea

shed and pshawed a littl

on such an outlay in goo

was coming, but what h

furnish forth her table

. Mr. Edward Freely, as

Grimworth money was to f

h t

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