The Shop Girls of Chapel Street
“It was Winnie’s voice that spurred Violet into action. You’ll lose Eddie if you don’t watch out. And what for? For nothing, when all’s said and done.
‘That’s right – nothing,’ Violet echoed out loud as she pulled herself together then hastened after Eddie through the sleepy Sunday-afternoon streets. But he ran faster than her down the hill and onto Canal Road, past the mills and the shops, swimming baths, chemist’s shop and the picture house where he worked and on, in spite of Violet’s pleas fo...r him to stop, towards the grimy and overcrowded tenements next to the railway arch where he knew Stan had his lodgings. Eddie paused at the railings outside the second house in the row then disappeared down some steps leading to the cellar.
Violet followed hard on his heels, her heart pounding, her throat dry from the effort of running and shouting. She reached the railings in time to hear Eddie yelling Stan’s name through an open window and to see Stan himself emerge.
‘Now then, Eddie – what’s all the racket?’ Stan grumbled as he swept his tousled hair back from his forehead.MoreLess
‘That’s right – nothing,’ Violet echoed out loud as she pulled herself together then hastened after Eddie through the sleepy Sunday-afternoon streets. But he ran faster than her down the hill and onto Canal Road, past the mills and the shops, swimming baths, chemist’s shop and the picture house where he worked and on, in spite of Violet’s pleas fo...r him to stop, towards the grimy and overcrowded tenements next to the railway arch where he knew Stan had his lodgings. Eddie paused at the railings outside the second house in the row then disappeared down some steps leading to the cellar.
Violet followed hard on his heels, her heart pounding, her throat dry from the effort of running and shouting. She reached the railings in time to hear Eddie yelling Stan’s name through an open window and to see Stan himself emerge.
‘Now then, Eddie – what’s all the racket?’ Stan grumbled as he swept his tousled hair back from his forehead.MoreLess
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