Nights at the Circus Chapter Summary & Analysis - Book 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Book 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Walser reverses his notebook to find blank pages after Lizzie points out that he has run out of room to write. Fevvers then continues telling about her time at Madame Schreck's. In her first night at the house, Fevvers notices that Schreck doesn't part easily with her money, and Fevvers practically uses intimidation to get a portion of her promised pay. She sends this pay immediately back to Lizzie and her family in Battersea and points out that this is the last sum she ever receives from the Madame. Schreck depends on a gentleman with no mouth, who writes with surprising eloquence, to run her errands and keep her house of monsters going. Later, Fevvers helps him get the surgery he needs in order to have a functional mouth.

Fevvers later meets the other women who are on nightly display in the museum. Along with herself, Fevvers calls the women...
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