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I got away at last, and walked along sharply; it was a dismal street indeed, and I was glad to return to the bustle and the noise. Would you like to see my purchase?" I GOT AWAY AT LAST AND WALKED ALONG SHARPLY IT WAS A DISMAL STREET INDEED AND I WAS GLAD TO RETURN TO THE BUSTLE AND THE NOISE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY PURCHASE
through me that first told me that I had found what I wanted. I looked up from the pavement and stopped before a dusty shop, above which the lettering had faded, where the red bricks of two hundred years ago had grimed to black; where the windows had gathered to themselves the dust of winters innumerable. I saw what I required; but I think it was five minutes before I had steadied myself and could walk in and ask for it in a cool voice and with a calm face. I think there must even then have been a tremor in my words, for the old man who came out of the back parlour, and fumbled slowly amongst his goods, looked oddly at me as he tied the parcel. I paid what he asked, and stood leaning by the counter, with a strange reluctance to take up my goods and go. I asked about the business, and learnt that trade was bad and the profits cut down sadly; but then the street was not what it was before traffic had been diverted, but that was done forty years ago, ‘just before my father died,’ he said.  THAT SUDDENLY PASSED THROUGH ME THAT FIRST TOLD ME THAT I HAD FOUND WHAT I WANTED I LOOKED UP FROM THE PAVEMENT AND STOPPED BEFORE A DUSTY SHOP ABOVE WHICH THE LETTERING HAD FADED WHERE THE RED BRICKS OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO HAD GRIMED TO BLACK WHERE THE WINDOWS HAD GATHERED TO THEMSELVES THE DUST OF WINTERS INNUMERABLE I SAW WHAT I REQUIRED BUT I THINK IT WAS FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I HAD STEADIED MYSELF AND COULD WALK IN AND ASK FOR IT IN A COOL VOICE AND WITH A CALM FACE I THINK THERE MUST EVEN THEN HAVE BEEN A TREMOR IN MY WORDS FOR THE OLD MAN WHO CAME OUT OF THE BACK PARLOUR AND FUMBLED SLOWLY AMONGST HIS GOODS LOOKED ODDLY AT ME AS HE TIED THE PARCEL I PAID WHAT HE ASKED AND STOOD LEANING BY THE COUNTER WITH A STRANGE RELUCTANCE TO TAKE UP MY GOODS AND GO I ASKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND LEARNT THAT TRADE WAS BAD AND THE PROFITS CUT DOWN SADLY BUT THEN THE STREET WAS NOT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE TRAFFIC HAD BEEN DIVERTED BUT THAT WAS DONE FORTY YEARS AGO JUST BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE SAID
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