How it opens
You were the pride of the haberdashery, and the wage was thirty shillings a week.
Your name was Mr Hoopdriver, and you had been assistant in the silk department for nine years.
The ManagerHoopdriver, there is a lady wanting the red tweed, and you are mooning at the window.
Coming, sir. The red tweed, madam, is very much worn this season.
Choose
Stand in the doorway and watch the bicycles stream over the bridge.
Eat your bread and cheese in the back yard with the schedule of the roads.
Take a turn along the front with your second best suit and your Sunday manner.