MRS. CARR
KITTY, her daughter
SHOREDITCH BOY
ST. MARTIN'S BOY
OLD BAILEY BOY
STEPNEY BOY
BOW BOY
NEIGHBOURS
SCENE
A STREET. Mrs. Carr, with a small basket in her hand in which are two oranges and two lemons, is walking along the street to her house, holding her little daughter Kitty by the hand. They are supposed to have just arrived at her house door.
Mrs. C. There now, here we are at home again, and I'll take these in and make a nice pot of jam with them. I got them very cheap.
Kitty. How much were they?
Mrs. C. Twopence each orange, and twopence and three farthings each lemon.
[Handbells heard ringing.
Kitty. Mother, why are the bells ringing?
Mrs. C. Because it is Bellringers' Day, when everyone who likes may ring a bell in the streets if he calls out the name of his parish and puts a penny into the parish poor box.
Kitty. Oh, I should like to do that. What's our parish?