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See, these are quite decent still!" And I stretched out to him my foot. He looked at it. "Yes," he said, "beople do nod wand good hoods, id seems." To get away from his reproachful eyes and voice I hastily remarked: "What have you done to your shop?" He answered quietly: "Id was too exbensif. Do you wand some boods?" I ordered three pairs, though I had only wanted two, and quickly left.
'Vere do you garry your prains? he asked. 'In your boods? The girl began to whimper, and the lieutenant took Darco by the sleeve. 'Don't worry her to-night, governor, he said. 'She's a good little sort, and her mother's dying. 'Vy the tevil didn't you zay zo? demanded the manager. 'How am I to know? Gif her a zovereign, he whispered, 'and ask her if she vants anything bort-wine or chellies.
At last he said: "Dose are nod my boods." The tone was not one of anger, nor of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed a finger on the place where the left boot, endeavouring to be fashionable, was not quite comfortable. "Id 'urds you dere,", he said. "Dose big virms 'ave no self-respect. Drash!"
And then, as if something had given way within him, he spoke long and bitterly. It was the only time I ever heard him discuss the conditions and hardships of his trade. "Dey get id all," he said, "dey get id by adverdisement, nod by work. Dey dake it away from us, who lofe our boods. Id gomes to this bresently I haf no work. Every year id gets less you will see."
No; we gamp back in der Malibaan vere is old linden drees hunderd years old, eighd rows vun mile long, dere is vere we gamp, you gread fool! Sure my granmutter seen him. He pull his nose mit t'um unt finger, so! Muddy boods, vun glofe off, seddin' oop sdraighd on a horse. Sure, she seen him. Robber unt big killer-sdealer! She vas olt lady, but she remember it lige it was to-morrow."
And then, as if something had given way within him, he spoke long and bitterly. It was the only time I ever heard him discuss the conditions and hardships of his trade. "Dey get id all," he said, "dey get id by adverdisement, nod by work. Dey dake it away from us, who lofe our boods. Id gomes to this bresently I haf no work. Every year id gets less you will see."
See, these are quite decent still!" And I stretched out to him my foot. He looked at it. "Yes," he said, "beople do nod wand good boods, id seems." To get away from his reproachful eyes and voice I hastily remarked: "What have you done to your shop?" He answered quietly: "Id was too exbensif. Do you wand some boods?" I ordered three pairs, though I had only wanted two, and quickly left.
A feeling of compassion for my creaking boots surged up in me, so well could I imagine the sorrowful long curiosity of regard which he would bend on them. "Zome boods," he said slowly, "are bad from birdt. If I can do noding wid dem, I dake dem off your bill." He took my order without showing me any leather, and I could feel his eyes penetrating the inferior integument of my foot.
See, these are quite decent still!" And I stretched out to him my foot. He looked at it. "Yes," he said, "beople do nod wand good hoods, id seems." To get away from his reproachful eyes and voice I hastily remarked: "What have you done to your shop?" He answered quietly: "Id was too exbensif. Do you wand some boods?" I ordered three pairs, though I had only wanted two, and quickly left.
At last he said: "Dose are nod my boods." The tone was not one of anger, nor of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed a finger on the place where the left boot, endeavouring to be fashionable, was not quite comfortable. "Id 'urds you dere,", he said. "Dose big virms 'ave no self-respect. Drash!"
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