God made the wicked Grocer
For a mystery and a sign,
That men might shun the awful shop
And go to inns to dine….
The righteous minds of innkeepers
induce them now and then
To crack a bottle with a friend
Or treat unmoneyed men,
But who hath seen the grocer
Treat housemaids to his teas
Or crack a bottle of fish-sauce
or stand a man a cheese?
(Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
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