packets of sweets Quotes

“The reds and yellows and greens of the fresh fruits and vegetables were as gaudy as the packets of sweets, biscuits, cigarettes, and some tinned foods on the opposite shelves, all brilliant in contrast to the outside blackness.”

“In the matter of sweets, William frankly upheld the superiority of quantity over quality. Moreover, he knew every sweet shop within a two mile radius of his home whose proprietor added an extra sweet after the scale had descended, and he patronised these shops exclusively.”