After some hesitation regarding the character of the meal he decided upon two Bath buns, determining to make a substantial tea.

He laid in a supply of tea, sugar, butter, and salt, bought a little kettle, a frying pan, and a gridiron.

Then he hesitated as to whether he should venture upon a mutton chop or some bacon, deciding finally in favor of the latter, upon the reflection that any fellow could see whether bacon were properly frizzled up, while as to a chop there was no seeing anything about it till one cut it.

He, therefore, invested in a pound of prime streaky Wiltshire bacon, the very best, as the shopman informed him, that could be bought.

He returned carrying all his purchases, with the exception of the hardware.
Then he inquired of his landlady where he could get coal.
"The green grocer's round the corner," the landlady said.