. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . As often as may be necessaiy, for thediscussion of the financial or general policy ofForty-winks. As I said, it is a quiet, easy-going place. Peoplelook from windows at a foot passenger, as they woulddo at a chaise and pair in more lively you might drop a pin from a secondfloor, and hear its tiny tinkle upon the grocer and the draper and the baker dose halfthe day in th
. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . As often as may be necessaiy, for thediscussion of the financial or general policy ofForty-winks. As I said, it is a quiet, easy-going place. Peoplelook from windows at a foot passenger, as they woulddo at a chaise and pair in more lively you might drop a pin from a secondfloor, and hear its tiny tinkle upon the grocer and the draper and the baker dose halfthe day in their shops, or chat listlessly each fromhis respective door. Children principally aboundin the tortuous passages which branch from theHigh Street, leading amongst irregular rows ofcottages to the outskirts of Forty-winks, wheregreen patches of cheerful garden-ground begin topenetrate and intersect the straggling limbs of thelittle town, and then gradually to introduce themto the open fields. At Xo. 10 High Street—there are no numbers, 8 A ROMANCE OF but I am counting from the Cross, northwards—there is a shop, over which is placed this sign, John Chirrup, Pastry-cook and Confectioner. m-v. Mr. Chin-up was, and I believe is still, a littlefat man, of easy and festive disposition, inclined toa good dinner, and to a snug nap after it. He is A MIXCE-PIE. J very popular in Forty-winks, not only by reason ofhis pastry, which is positively the staple of theplace, but on account of his merry , the fat sweetness of his condiments appearto have entered into the mans nature. He hasbeen heard to say that if he had his will, the worldshould be one great plum-cake, and all the men andwomen kings and queens, in rich robes of daintysugar. Every evening Mr. Chirrup takes his placenear the fire in the public room at the Lamb. Thebell-pull hangs at his elbow, and when any of thecompany require a replenished pipe or glass, theysay—the phrase is stereotyped in Forty-wink
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