From the marionettes we went to the fat woman. A loathsome sight, which turned me sick; but, for some inexplicable reason, seemed highly to gratify Madame. She and Jack came out in fits of laughter, and he said, "Now for the two-headed monstrosity. It'll just suit you, Madame!" At the door, Madame paused. "Mais, ce n'est pas pour des petites filles," she said, glancing at Eleanor and me. "_Feel?_" said Jack, who was struggling through the crowd, which was dense here. "It feels nothing. It's in a bottle. Come along!" "All right, Madame," said Eleanor, smiling. "We'll wait for you outside." We next proceeded to the photographer's, where Jack and Madame were photographed together with Pincher. By Madame's desire she was now led to the "bazaar," where she bought a collar for Pincher, two charming china boxes, in the shape of dogs' heads, for Eleanor and her mother, a fan for me, a walking-stick for Monsieur le Pasteur, and some fishing-floats for Clement. By this time some children had gathered round us. The children of the district were especially handsome, and Madame was much smitten by their rosy cheeks and many-shaded flaxen hair. "Ah!" she sighed, "I must make some little presents to the children;" and she looked anxiously over the stalls. "Violin, one and six," said the saleswoman. "Nice work-box for a little girl, half-a-crown." "Half a fiddlestick," said Jack promptly. "What have you got for a halfpenny?" "Them's halfpenny balls, whips, and dolls. Them churns and mugs is a halfpenny; and so's the little tin plates. Them's the halfpenny monkeys on sticks." "Now, Madame," said Jack, "put that half-crown back, and give me a shilling. Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four. There are your presents; and now for the children!" Madame showed a decided disposition to reward personal beauty, which Jack overruled at once. "The prettiest? I see myself letting you! Church Sunday scholars is my tip; and I shall put them through the Catechism test. Look here, young un, what's your name? Who gave you this name?" "Ma godfeythers and godmoothers," the young urchin began. "That'll do," said Jack. "Take your whip, and be thankful. Now, my little lass, who gave you this name?" "Me godfeythers----" "All right. Take your doll, and drop a curtsy; and mind you don't take the curtsy, and drop your doll. Now, my boy, tell me how many there be?" "Ten." "Which be they? I mean, take your monkey, and make your bow. Next child, come up." Clem, Eleanor, and I kept back the crowd as well as we could; but children pressed in on all sides. Clem brought a shilling out of his pocket, and handed it over to Jack. "You've won your bet, old man," he said. "You're a good fellow, Clem. I say, lay it out among the halfpenny lot--will you?--and then give them to Madame. Keep your eye open for Dissenters, and send the Church children first."