five-stones

Updated: May 19, 2025

A man was going along the street selling flowers in pots; his donkey-cart was covered with leaf and bloom, and with a geranium under each arm, he trudged onwards, bellowing. Children were playing at five-stones on the pavement you heard an organ away in Kennington Road. Lydia was having tea and trimming a bonnet at the same time; the bonnet belonged to Mrs.

George Gissing - Thyrza