Everybody at once marched upstairs; even Dorrie and Viola, who were inclined to hold aloof, fell victims to Eve's instinct of curiosity, and followed the rest, excusing their weakness on the ground that as monitresses they felt obliged to be present at all school happenings, and were thus only fulfilling their duty. Giggling a little, the girls entered the studio. The large table in the centre was spread with a variety of objects, neatly numbered as in a museum. By the door stood Katrine with a pile of hand-printed catalogues, and the Belgian Relief Fund Box from the dining-room chimney-piece. As the exhibition seemed unintelligible without a catalogue, the pennies rattled briskly into her box. The exhibits were as diverse as they were extraordinary, and according to the descriptions were both rare and historic. No. 1. (Upper leather of a mouldy old boot.) Portion of the footgear of Simon de Montfort, worn before the Battle of Evesham, 1265. No. 2. (A broken crock of china.) Valuable piece of soft paste Worcester from the Huntingdon Collection. No. 3. (A rusty hairpin.) Pin worn in the head-dress of Queen Elizabeth at the Kenilworth Pageant. No. 4. (A crooked nail.) Nail from the gibbet of Piers Gaveston, executed at Blacklow Hill, Warwick, 1312. No. 5. (A dilapidated horseshoe.) Shoe worn by the horse of Charles I at the Battle of Nottingham, 1642. No. 6. Glove button of Marie Antoinette. No. 7. Needle used in embroidery by Mary Queen of Scots. No. 8. Safety-pin employed in the toilet of Edward VI when an infant. No. 9. Portion of feeding-bottle of Henry VIII. No. 10. Do. fragment of rattle. No. 11. (A worm-eaten piece of wood.) Relic of vessel of the Spanish Armada. No. 12. (Rusty cocoa tin.) Remains of cup in which the Barons drank success to Magna Charta, 1215. No. 13. (A small pebble.) Stone worn as a penance in the shoe of Henry II, on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket. No. 14. (A portion of wickerwork.) Fragment of guillotine basket used in French Revolution. No. 15. (A rusty key.) Original key of dungeon in Berkeley Castle where Edward II was murdered. No. 16. (A shabby quill.) Pen used to sign Magna Charta, 1215. The girls laughed immoderately to see the various objects which they had presented in mockery to Katrine, described as such priceless relics. "You haven't put in the soda-water bottle I gave you!" said Coralie.