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." The forty-eight halfpennyworths proved to be sufficient for all, however, though the orthodoxy of one or two seemed doubtful.
Madame was tired; but the position had pleased her, and she gave away the toys with a charming grace.