"Though I'm sorry she's come back to the village." Of course, as with almost all cottagers' babies, the eleemosynary element had already come in, but the child soon made it clear by colossal bawling, that so far as the filling of its bottle went, it hadn't come in yet nearly enough.
The baby was entitled to a nine days' wonder, and every one wondered happily over its amazing growth for twice that time and more.

And then you know, instead of its dropping into the background and giving place to other marvels, it went on growing more than ever! Lady Wondershoot heard Mrs.Greenfield, her housekeeper, with infinite amazement.
"Caddles downstairs again.

No food for the child! My dear Greenfield, it's impossible.

The creature eats like a hippopotamus! I'm sure it can't be true." "I'm sure I hope you're not being imposed upon, my lady," said Mrs.
Greenfield.
"It's so difficult to tell with these people," said Lady Wondershoot.
"Now I do wish, my good Greenfield, that you'd just go down there yourself this afternoon and _see_--see it have its bottle.

Big as it is, I cannot imagine that it needs more than six pints a day." "It hasn't no business to, my lady," said Mrs.Greenfield.
The hand of Lady Wondershoot quivered, with that C.O.S.sort of emotion, that suspicious rage that stirs in all true aristocrats, at the thought that possibly the meaner classes are after all--as mean as their betters, and--where the sting lies--scoring points in the game.
But Mrs.Greenfield could observe no evidence of peculation, and the order for an increasing daily supply to the Caddles' nursery was issued.
Scarcely had the first instalment gone, when Caddles was back again at the great house in a state abjectly apologetic.
"We took the greates' care of 'em, Mrs.Greenfield, I do assure you, mum, but he's regular bust 'em! They flew with such vilence, mum, that one button broke a pane of the window, mum, and one hit me a regular stinger jest 'ere, mum." Lady Wondershoot, when she heard that this amazing child had positively burst out of its beautiful charity clothes, decided that she must speak to Caddles herself.