To London Town

"To London Town'' is a short story by Arthur Morrison that depicts the lives of two characters, an old man and his granddaughter Bessy, as they make their way through Epping Thicks and Wormleyton Pits. The old man is an amateur butterfly collector, and Bessy is a crippled child who accompanies him. As the old man searches for butterflies, Bessy reads from a tattered copy of "The Sicilian Romance" and daydreams about the scenes from the book. The story paints a vivid picture of the rural landscape and the characters who inhabit it. It is meant to be read together with Morrison's other works, "Tales of Mean Streets'' and "A Child of the Jago."