The Big Stores I went into one of the big London stores today and enjoyed myself very much, just wandering from
one department to another, looking at the various articles on the counters. I thought the assistants were
very helpful. There must have been some hundreds of salesmen and saleswomen and dozens of different
departments, including china, haberdashery, confectionery, hardware and even provisions. I went from
one department to another – from umbrellas to gloves, from fancy goods to lace – up and down, in lifts
and on escalators. As I was going through the book department, I was surprised to meet an old friend of
mine, whom I hadn’t seen for years. We went up to the restaurant and had lunch together.
We didn’t finish lunch until half past two. Then we did some shopping together. I helped her to buy
some presents for her children. I can’t tell you how glad we were to see each other again. We used to be
very great friends. I hadn’t seen her for – let me see – ten or twelve years, at least.
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