Westminster Bridge, one thousand one hundred and sixty feet long, is near the clock tower, and here the Class took its best view of the Parliament Houses.
The next day the Class visited London Tower and the relics that recall the long list of tragedies of ambitious courts and kings.
“This,” said the guide, as the Class was taken into an apartment in the White Tower, an old prison whose walls are twelve feet thick, “is the beheading block that was used on Tower Hill. The Earl of Essex was beheaded on it: see the dints!”
An axe stood beside the block, which is kept on exhibition in one of the rooms in which Sir Walter Raleigh was confined.
“Where were the children of Edward murdered?” asked Frank Gray, after being shown the place of the execution of Anne Boleyn.
“In the Bloody Tower,” said the guide. “I am not hallowed to admit visitors into that.”
“We are a class in an American school. Could you not make some arrangement to admit us?” asked Wyllys.
