They then turned into the cotton and hosiery departments, where the same order reigned.

John Tod was the son of a clerk in the cotton-printing industry, and after a village school education he worked in a cotton warehouse in Glasgow.

But Bertrand hardly had time to ask us what we wanted, when our first friend returned, bringing with him a package under his arm.

She also undertook frequent trips on foot or on horseback to sell the remainder of the merchandise left behind by the thieves, even going to Beauvais in order to negotiate a just price for a few pieces of cloth with an honest merchant.