Galliano's Circus

Galliano's Circus is a circus that travels and visits the town near St Clare's School in The Twins at St Clares. Acts and people within it include Mr Galliano, who is described as a man with a big moustache and a cracking whip, Jimmy Brown and his dog Lucky, who can spell and count, Sammy the chimpanzee, who shakes hands with Pat O'Sullivan, and Lotta, who rides horses in the ring.

The first and the second form are supposed to go, but the first form is forbidden because of a broken window in their classroom. Pat, Isabel O'Sullivan, Janet Robins and Kathleen Gregory play truant to see the circus, but the form is allowed to go later, and they feel guilty. They come down with colds and cannot go to the circus again.