Charles Dickens: The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer’s shop, forgot their wings and briskn

The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the groc — Charles Dickens

The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer’s shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window.

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