Now there was something repulsive to almost every one about the dirty boy, who went moping about with soiled face and hands, a cowed look, and shrinking gait.

Scarcely any one seemed to feel a particle of sympathy for him, either in or out of the house where he dwelt.
Time passed on, and New Year's day rapidly approached, the anxiously longed-for time, to which Henry had never ceased to look forward since he left his mother's presence.

Every passing day seemed to render his condition more and more uncomfortable.

The air grew colder and colder, and the snow lay all around to the depth of many inches.

A suit of cloth clothes had been "cooked up" for him out of an old coat and trowsers that had long since been worn threadbare by Mr.Sharp.Thin though they were, they yet afforded a most comfortable substitute for those their welcome appearance had caused him to throw aside.