`` laid sideways , the babe was , and the size of a six-month shoat ... '' `` ha , germain had a head like a cannonball , the midwife said , and he was facing backward , the wee rattan- '' `` jemmy had a huge head , but it was his shoulders that were the problem ... ... '' `` ... le bourse ... the lady 's 'purse , ' of course , is her- '' `` her means of making a living , aye , i see .