Chapter 13: Stopped Payment

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​⁠The very Tuesday morning on which Mr Johnson was going to show the fashions, the post-woman brought two letters to the house. I say the post-woman, but I should say the postman’s wife. He was a lame shoemaker, a very clean, honest man, much respected in the town; but he never brought the letters round except on unusual occasions, such as Christmas Day or Good Friday; and on those days the letters,