That was the Sunday costume of the Bun Hill district, a curious andinteresting survival of the genteel traditions of the Scientific Age. Ona weekday the folk were dingily and curiously hung about with dirty ragsof housecloth and scarlet flannel, sacking, curtain serge, and patchesof old carpet, and went either bare-footed or on rude wooden sandals.
When Mr. Cave returned from his business with the dogfish, about a quarterto two in the afternoon, he found the shop in some confusion, and hiswife,... read more
