“Human life isn’t safe with you,” said Mr. Polly as a parting shot. - comedy humorousfiction
The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this bookFor fifteen years Mr. Polly was a respectable shopkeeper in Fishbourne.
“White paint’s all very well in its way,” said Miriam, “but it shows the dirt something fearful. Better ’ave ’ad it nicely grained.”“Not me,” said Miriam. “I’ve ’ad trouble enough with Minnie and ’er musk....” The books he read during those fifteen years! He read everything he got except theology, and as he read his little unsuccessful circumstances vanished and the wonder of life returned to him, the routine of reluctant getting up, opening shop, pretending to dust it with zest, breakfasting with a shop egg underdone or overdone or a herring raw or charred, and coffee made Miriam’s way and full of little particles, the return to the shop, the morning paper, the standing, standing at the door saying...
The essential thing of those fifteen long years of shopkeeping is Mr. Polly, well athwart the counter of his rather ill-lit shop, lost in a book, or rousing himself with a sigh to attend to business. I quote these fragments from a gifted, if unpleasant, contemporary for what they are worth. I feel this has come in here as the broad aspect of this History. I come back to Mr. Polly sitting upon his gate and swearing in the east wind, and I so returning have a sense of floating across unbridged abysses between the General and the Particular.
Mr. Rumbold, blowing heavily, walked past him, deposited the jampots in his shop with an immense affectation that there was no Mr. Polly in the world, returned, turned a scornful back on Mr. Polly and dived to the interior of the crate. Mr. Polly stood baffled. Should he kick this solid mass before him? Should he administer a resounding kick?He plunged his hands deeply into his trowser pockets, began to whistle and returned to his own doorstep with an air of profound unconcern.
So he invented phrases for Hinks’ clothes and took Rusper, the ironmonger, into his confidence upon the weaknesses of Hinks. He called him the “Chequered Careerist,” and spoke of his patterned legs as “shivery shakys.” Good things of this sort are apt to get round to people. These adventurers in commerce were all more or less distraught souls, driving without intelligible comment before the gale of fate. The two milkmen of Fishbourne were brothers who had quarrelled about their father’s will, and started in opposition to each other; one was stone deaf and no use to Mr. Polly, and the other was a sporting man with a natural dread of epithet who sided with Hinks.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
My Little Pony Classics Reimagined: Little Fillies #1 PreviewICYMI: What could make a literary classic like Little Women even better? Ponies. The answer is always ponies. Here's a preview of My Little Pony Classics Reimagined: Little Fillies 1. comics idw
Read more »
2022 CFDA Fashion Awards: A Little Style, A Little BoredomWe took a look at the fashion at the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards and found the best dressed, the worst dressed and a lot of celebrities in black.
Read more »
Mississippi police follow dog carrying human arm to headless human remainsJackson police will continue to investigate the crime and follow leads at a number of locations in relation to the headless remains discovered in a house in the woods.
Read more »
Miriam | HackerNoon“Be careful of my ’at,” said Mrs. Polly, yielding awkwardly. - comedy humorousfiction
Read more »
The plight of Alaa Abd el-Fattah puts focus on human rights in Egypt'After COP, I don't know if I'll be alive or not': The sister of the jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah calls for his release. Presented by PwC.
Read more »
27 Emotional NYC Marathon Moments That’ll Make You Tear Up a LittleHigh fives, hugs, and other moments of pure joy.
Read more »