The grocer was just putting up the window shutters for the night.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It was known that many of the complimentary sketches were written by the persons to whom they referred; but while Harrisonfield, the grocer, gave wide circulation to the fact that Porterfield, of the dry-goods store, had referred to himself as an intellectual giant, and a business man of such sterling ability that he had received flattering offers to remove to Ben's City, he did not know that Porterfield was proving the same indiscretion with reference to himself.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Kenneth, over a glass of port from the local grocer, was absolute enthusiasm and delighted his host till he turned suddenly and said; "Now own that I was absolutely right?"
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke