| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 926 |
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The front of the grocer's shop badly needed repainting, and the name on the fascia, `A. Smallman', was so faded as to be almost indecipherable. It had been Owen's intention to offer to do this work - the cost to go against his account - but the man appeared to be so harassed that Owen refrained from making the suggestion. They still had credit at the baker's, but they did not take much bread: when one has had scarcely anything else but bread to eat for nearly a month one finds it difficult to eat at all. That same day, when he returned home after his interview with the grocer, they had a loaf of beautiful fresh bread, but none of them could eat it, although they were hungry: it seemed to stick in their throats, and they |
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