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It might have been a jeweller that would have had such a shutter. The shutter alone remains standing straight upright, and the whole shop is gone. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A JEWELER THAT WOULD HAVE HAD SUCH A SHUTTER THE SHUTTER ALONE REMAINS STANDING STRAIGHT UPRIGHT AND THE WHOLE SHOP IS GONE
where they were left, that one can trace at all what kind of house each was, or guess at the people who dwelt in it. It is only by a potato growing where Pavement was, and flowering vigorously under a vacant window, that one can guess that the battered, house beside it was once a fruiterer's shop, whence the potato rolled away when man fell on evil days, and found the street, no longer harsh and unfriendly; but soft and fertile like the primal waste, and took root and throve there as its forbears throve before it in another continent before the coming of man. Across the street, in the dust of a stricken house, the implements of his trade show where a carpenter lived when disaster came so suddenly, quite good tools, some still upon shelves, some amongst broken things that lie all over the floor. And further along the street in which these things are someone has put up a great iron shutter that was to protect his shop. It has a graceful border of painted, irises all the way up each side. S IN BETHUNE LYING WHERE THEY WERE LEFT THAT ONE CAN TRACE AT ALL WHAT KIND OF HOUSE EACH WAS OR GUESS AT THE PEOPLE WHO DWELT IN IT IT IS ONLY BY A POTATO GROWING WHERE PAVEMENT WAS AND FLOWERING VIGOROUSLY UNDER A VACANT WINDOW THAT ONE CAN GUESS THAT THE BATTERED HOUSE BESIDE IT WAS ONCE A FRUITERER'S SHOP WHENCE THE POTATO ROLLED AWAY WHEN MAN FELL ON EVIL DAYS AND FOUND THE STREET NO LONGER HARSH AND UNFRIENDLY BUT SOFT AND FERTILE LIKE THE PRIMAL WASTE AND TOOK ROOT AND THROVE THERE AS ITS FOUR BEARS THROVE BEFORE IT AND ANOTHER CONTINENT BEFORE THE COMING OF MAN ACROSS THE STREET IN THE DUST OF A STRICKEN HOUSE THE IMPLEMENTS OF HIS TRADE SHOW WHERE CARPENTER LIVED WHEN DISASTER CAME SO SUDDENLY QUITE GOOD TOOLS SOME STILL UPON SHELVES SOME AMONGST BROKEN THINGS THAT LIE ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND FURTHER ALONG THE STREET IN WHICH THESE THINGS ARE SOME ONE HAS PUT UP A GREAT IRON SHUTTER THAT WAS TO PROTECT HIS SHOP IT HAS A GRACEFUL BORDER OF PAINTED IRISES ALL THE WAY UP EACH SIDE
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