Volume 2, Chapter 29: The House of Morrel & Son

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠Anyone who had quitted Marseilles a few years previously, well acquainted with the interior of Morrel’s warehouse, and had returned at this date, would have found a great change. Instead of that air of life, of comfort, and of happiness that permeates a flourishing and prosperous business establishment—instead of merry faces at the windows, busy clerks hurrying to and fro in the long corridors—ins