six in the morning
I 've tried you as a gentleman -- perhaps that was my mistake . Now I 'll try you as a grocer . '' `` As a what ? '' `` As a grocer , sir -- g-r-o-c-e-r -- grocer , a man who stands behind a counter in a white apron and his shirt-sleeves ; who sells tea and sugar and candied peel and such-like things to customers -- old ladies , little girls ; who rises at six in the morning , takes down the shutters , sweeps out the shop , cleans the windows ; who has half an hour for his dinner of corned beef and bread ; who puts up the shutters at ten o'clock at night , tidies up the shop , has his supper , and goes to bed , feeling his day has not been wasted . I meant to spare you . I was wrong . You shall go through the mill as I went through it .