the people's lives Quotes

“It was a murky night and the sky was overcast. The blackened walls of the houses and yards and privies seemed to sweat, and the street had been churned into a muddy paste.”

“As soon as Dick came into the kitchen he knew that something had happened. His mothers was short-tempered and his father’s brows were down; and his brother’s boots, caked with mud, were drying in the hearth.”