The friends asked each other how it could possibly benefit anyone to embark in such a business as that, and laughed over the display.

While he was laughing, Hilliard became aware of a woman in the doorway, evidently the shopkeeper; she had heard their remarks and looked distressed.
Infinitely keener was the pang which Maurice experienced; he could not forgive himself, kept exclaiming how brutally he had behaved, and sank into gloominess.

Not very long after, he took Narramore to walk in the same direction; they came again to the little shop, and Hilliard surprised his companion with a triumphant shout.

The window was now laid out in a much more promising way, with goods of modest value.

"You remember ?" said the young man.