Excerpt from Lessons From a Shoemaker's Stool

While in his neighbourhood a friend of mine gave me such an account of him as made me resolve to see him if possible. By making a start an hour earlier than was necessary for my regular duty, I had no difficulty in making out my visit to him. His workshop being pointed out to me - a humble one-storied house with a thatch roof, and situated in quite a rural district - I went up to the door and knocked.

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