Stave 3 : The Norfolk Biffins

One of the things that makes A Christmas Carol so endearing is Dickens's detailed and often humorous descriptions of London life.  One brilliant example is when the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge on a tour of the sights and smells of grocery shopping at Christmastime.  I made this post's image from the following line in the text, describing some baked apples for sale : "...there were Norfolk Biffins, squat and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner."  I hope I've done them justice.