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A Man of his Time. Alan Sillitoe
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isbn 9780007439980
Автор произведения Alan Sillitoe
Издательство HarperCollins
A Man of His Time
ALAN SILLITOE
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A tin alarm clock shattering the first glimpse of daylight broke into Ernest Burton’s dreamless sleep. At half-past five on May 2nd 1887 he strode to the mantelshelf in his nightshirt and turned the noise off so as not to wake his brother Edward in the same bed. The ironed striped shirt pulled over his head was followed by his second-best suit. Travelling in working clothes wasn’t for him. Finished at the end of the day with the world of fire and iron in the forge, you threw off the leather apron and washed sweat away with strong carbolic to spruce up for the alehouse. Or you walked into the garden to get a whiff of fresh air and bent your back to do some weeding. But on a journey you must look your best.
He arranged the watch and chain into his waistcoat, synchronized to the minute by the church