“Eh?”

To which the pupil repeated his request.

AFRAID OF A POLYPUS.

“Then stand on your head; don’t you see that all the light here comes from the skylight? How am I to look into your nose?”

(This was true, for there were no side-lights in the amphitheatre.)

“Where do you live?” continued the doctor.

“Bartholomew Close, sir.”

“At what time do you get up?”

“At eight.”