When these were done, he was sent into the shop to see if Mr.Sharp didn't want him, where he found plenty to occupy his attention.

The shop was to be sprinkled and swept out, the counter to be dusted, and various other little matters to be attended to, which occupied him until breakfast time.
After he had finished this meal, Mrs.Sharp managed to find him plenty to do for some hours, and then her husband laid out work for him, at which he devoted himself all the rest of the day, except when he was wanted in the kitchen for some purpose or other.

And so it continued, day after day, from morning until night.

Not an hour's relaxation was allowed the child; and if, from weariness or disheartened feeling, he sometimes lingered over a piece of work, a severe scolding or some punishment from Mrs.Sharp was sure to follow.
Thus things went on, every day adding to the cold of a rapidly advancing northern winter.

But Mrs.Sharp still thought, according to her first conclusions in regard to Henry's clothes, that "they would do." They were not very warm, it is true--that she could not help admitting.