There are some difficult words in the first paragraph of Part 2, Chapter 1, of Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Can you explain this paragraph literally?

There are some difficult words in the first paragraph of Part 2, Chapter 1, of Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Can you explain this paragraph literally?
There are some difficult words in the first paragraph of Part 2, Chapter 1, of Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Can you explain this paragraph literally?

There are some difficult words in the first paragraph of Part 2, Chapter 1, of Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Can you explain this paragraph literally?

 

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