In fine weather the old gentelman is almost constantly in the garden; …

Charles Dickens
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In fine weather the old gentelman is almost constantly in the garden; and when it is too wet to go into it, he will look out the window at it, by the hour together. He has always something to do there, and you will see him digging, and sweeping, and cutting, and planting, with manifest delight. ✨ Charles Dickens (2018). Scenes of London Life: From 'Sketches by Boz', p.17, Pan Macmillan
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