Shopkeepers and others, however, who were only annual tenants, had, I fear in many cases, to go empty away.

'I know no such person, ma'am,' he replied rather sharply; and as I now perceived that the house bore the evidence of fresh paint and recent alterations, it occurred to me that the smart shopkeeper might be a new-comer, and ignorant of the old residents.

For down in our country, you know, sir, a shopkeeper is one thing, and a gentleman's another.