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Time is money in America; the meals are hurried over, relaxations necessary to the enjoyment of existence forbidden and what for? to make money. To what end? to spend it faster than it is made, and then to begin again. You have only a faint shadow of the immense wealth realized in England by that of the merchant or the shopkeeper in the States.
This latter, grown portly and nervous since marrying a Montmartre shopkeeper, I have since promoted to be my chief designer. "Pardon the intrusion," said the stranger. "I perceive you are about to murder the stout gentleman. I will wait your convenience." "Quite on the contrary, monsieur," I explained, bowing. "We discuss merely the theory of the explosion turbine.
Rather watch and fear lest they become substitutes for your real parish work; lest the bustle and amusement of playing at shopkeeper, or penny-collector, once a week, should blind you to your real power your real treasure, by spending which you become all the richer.
"No, I pass not upon that," said the Mayoress; which meant, that she did not fancy it. "Will you take four-and-twenty shillings, Mistress Clere?" It was then considered almost a matter of course that a shopkeeper must be offered less than he asked; and going from shop to shop to "cheapen" the articles they wanted was a common amusement of ladies. Mrs Clere looked doubtful.
It may also interest those who study the more evident evolution of cause and effect in human affairs to note that, like most strong men, he had a strong mother; that while his father was a poor shopkeeper who did little and died young, his mother was wise and serene. From his earliest boyhood, he showed striking gifts and characteristics.
This man, originally allotted to an estate, had, after serving out his industrial contract, resided in the neighbouring village of Savannah Grande as a shopkeeper and money-lender for the last ten years. Most of this money, doubtless, had been squeezed out of other Coolies by means not unknown to Europeans, as well as to Hindoos: but it must have been there to be squeezed out.
The friends asked each other how it could possibly benefit anyone to embark in such a business as that, and laughed over the display. While he was laughing, Hilliard became aware of a woman in the doorway, evidently the shopkeeper; she had heard their remarks and looked distressed.
Moreover, he was worried by shopkeepers; every shopkeeper in the district now wanted to allow him twopence in the shilling on the purchases of club members. And he had to collect all the subscriptions, in addition to his rents; and also to make personal preliminary inquiries as to the reputation of intending members.
It did not take Monica long to find an obliging shopkeeper; the first to whom she applied a decent woman behind a counter which displayed newspapers, tobacco, and fancy articles willingly accepted the commission. She came out of the shop with flushed cheeks. Another step in shameful descent yet it had the result of strengthening once more her emotions favourable to Bevis.
The merchant who amasses a colossal fortune will perhaps scarcely spend an hour a day in superintending the working of an establishment that covers half an acre, while the poor retail shopkeeper over the way toils from early morning to late at night and is scarcely able then to earn a bare subsistence for the support of his family.
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