The second child was a girl, upon whom had been bestowed the names Alice Maud, after one of the Queen's daughters; on which account, and partly with reference to certain personal characteristics, she was often called 'the Princess.' Her age was nineteen, and she had now for two years been employed in the show-rooms of a City warehouse.

Last comes Henry, a lad of seventeen; he had been suffered to aim at higher things than the rest of the family.

In the industrial code of precedence the rank of clerk is a step above that of mechanic, and Henry--known to relatives and friends as 'Arry--occupied the proud position of clerk in a drain-pipe manufactory..