On this page
-
Text (1)
-
394 valentine's eve in Norwich.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
- V "The Stranger Who Visits Norwich, Do...
of and purchase s may lendid the cost articles knife about , but seven the . to officious be _shillings utterl shopman y ; bewildered so in they spreads by go , a before not whole reall crowd them y to .
Reall p y those shopmen have no easy time of it . Ladies surround cernin them on the every various side objects and all at at hand once . beset " Which them of wi these th questions work-boxes
condid you g say was twelve and which fifteen shillings ? " " How man acrob y ats tunes like does these this 1 STapoleons clock play ? " ? " And " Have the confused you any R shopman iflemen
turns from one to the other answering confusedly—that the white box costs fifteen tunes , that the clock plays eight Riflemen & Other , and
that the than show the -rooms briht above little are irl ' full s are of acrobat azinin s , at & c that , c . -window . Look eyes at that decent g but poorl g -clad widow g . g Her face ( alas ! how
y different afternoon !) is as those eager haggard as that of the allow golden themselves -haired full maiden obs ' ervation s . For
sacrifice of one the shop to treasures the ; one half eyes best -day Valentine of her working she can purchase life she must with procure very
that invali Is d . 6 d . tied t up have in the something corner of and her that handkerchief something . Her t no poor t be
the mere son useful mus article she would , herself choosebut a little suggestion of elegant art , a dream of a fairer world , than that in
w si hich hpassed the _j ) oor by cri a pp stout le sits worsted and suffers scarf . and She a pair has , of with list a shoes suppressed which
¦ would g , do him more good , to select on this one day that which shall ive him thorough pleasure . Ah ! what is that she sees ? A
g flower delicatel -shaped turned vase of It pure is tick Parian eted — Is . small 6 d . , but Onl snowy that ! whit Her e , face and y
y . flushes man , lays ; she down walks her in Is and . " 6 cL , advancing " I want timidl that relief white y to to the jar the besieged . " " Oh man shop , the to - Parian certainlIt is quite a poor
deal with vase a ; customer y who . knows exactly what she wants , though make her she may treasure them call , beautiful a say Parian ing to things vase herself a now jar , " - ! a How -days The wonderful ! widow " and hurries planning without cheap home how they risk with she do of
shall manage to send the beauty anonymously breakage Nowdo when look it at is that daxk man nig ! ht Is . he not the very type of an
Englishmanwith , his handsome face a little over-colored with old wine and his he takes strong , fi his gure position a little b over efore -expanded the linen- with draper good ' s window living . ? t Boldl { That y
up and is the black thing satin he , w is ants the — thing lie won for 't Mrs stand . Bull for , cost and ; have but that it if she ashamed rich shall pui . " _^ of le
being And detected that youth examining gazing articles so timidl devoted y about to is ladies him for , as ' toilette first love . Don and 't
you that know the choice at a g and lance the that subsequent his valentine _recejDtion thereof Ms are serious , matterswhich make him feel quite nervous ? And so on we
,
394 Valentine's Eve In Norwich.
394 _valentine ' s eve in Norwich .
-
-
Citation
-
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1862, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021862/page/34/
-