carver-and-gilder's

Updated: July 27, 2025

"Hang me if I can look any longer at the boys and the tarts!" said Allan, dragging his friend away from the pastry-cook's shop. "Let's try if we can't find something else to amuse us in the next street." The first amusing object which the next street presented was a carver-and-gilder's shop, expiring feebly in the last stage of commercial decay.

Wilkie Collins - Armadale