Luckily, I have come back with a renewed gusto for the shop.

By the bye, I'm going to keep that secret no longer.

I'm a grocer, and probably shall be a grocer all my life, and the sooner people know it the better.

I'm sick of hiding away.

Tell Milligan the story; it will amuse Miss Parker, And, talking of Miss Parker, do you know that Norbert Franks is married?
His old love--Miss Elvan.