Flops’s Gymnasium belonged to Shoreditch; the entrance was from Kingsland Road, where a passage led to the club, members of which were gentlemen interested in sport generally, and the racing of horses in particular. Flops’s nights occurred twice a month, and a good many patrons went into them for nothing, in spite of the announcement…

Chapter 20 A bright morning, and everybody and everything in South London singing cheerfully. Elderly birds in cages, cocking one eye and looking up at the sky, on being hung outside windows straightway began an air of which they had nearly forgotten the tune; the people hurrying along the pavements hummed or whistled; shopkeepers chatted…

Chapter I The Two Little Girls who Laughed “I don’t want to — I don’t want to — I don’t want to — go to college — go to college — go to college. I don’t want to — go to college.” The words chanted themselves monotonously over and over in Elinor’s brain, keeping time…

Alice’s Evidence