Sketches by Boz Scenes Chapter VI - Meditations In Monmouth-Street

In which a contemplative ramble through Monmouth-street, the venerable haunt of discarded apparel, inspires vivid imaginings of the life stories woven into the faded garments displayed for sale. Scenes of youthful promise, maternal devotion, wayward descent, and rustic contentment flit before the mind’s eye, until the street’s restless reality calls the dreamer back to sober observation.