Thomas Dibble had hardly raised his eyes to look at his new master and the giant, when Digby seized a cup and threw it at Momus, and, missing his mark, made stupid efforts to kick the animal, whereupon Christabel rushed to the dog’s rescue and called the showman a brute, at which there was another burst of applause. The giant hereupon lifted Digby up by his collar out of harm’s way, as if in terrible affright at Christabel; at this Digby kicked and swore, and the giant, dropping him, said the young lady was right, Digby Martin was indeed a brute; and it was generally agreed that this was the most courageous thing that a giant had ever been known to do and say. This led to a dispute between a very tall gentleman in the peep-show line, and the proprietor of a boxing booth, which ended in an extempore fight on the spot; in the midst of which Christabel retired in disgust, quietly intimating to Dibble that she would not put up with “this sort of thing” much longer. Dibble slunk away too, and wished there had never been such a thing as a panic in the City. END OF VOL. I. BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. Transcriber’s Notes Italics are indicated as _italics_. Apparent typographical errors have been changed. Inconsistent word hyphenation and spelling have been regularized. Page 46: “o’clo k” changed to “o’clock”. Page 71: “fear o rivalry” changed to “fear of rivalry”. Page 107: “TÊTE-À-T TE” in title changed to “TÊTE-À-TÊTE”. Page 128: “The oolish neighbours” changed to “The foolish neighbours”. Page 142: “walk through” changed to “walked through”.