Oranges and Lemons by Mary C.E. Wemyss — Read

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_A man may win; the woman keeps the winnings._

So far Elsie had won-so she thought. She had got Shan't back, but Shan't, with the glamour of London upon her, was restless, longing to talk, aching to tell all she had seen and heard in London-"darlin' old London. " But Aunt Elsie was obdurate. She did not want to hear anything about Uncle Marcus, and London was Uncle Marcus just as Uncle Marcus was London. She wanted to know what Shan't had remembered of her Bible lesson? What she had remembered about Zacharias? She had learnt all about him just before she had gone to London!

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