“Oh,” said the Bishop, “haven’t you heard, my dear boy, that they’ve melted me down for Peace?”—a sally that was greeted with roars of laughter.
DR. JACKSON
Bishop of London 1868-1885.
Many complaints have been made by foreigners visiting London regarding the inefficiency of guides with little or no knowledge of the places with which they are supposed to be thoroughly acquainted.
For instance, a certain Teuton of great pretensions brought to Madame Tussaud’s a party of travellers from a Prussian provincial town, and informed them, among other things, that Mrs. Maybrick, whose model was then in the Napoleon Rooms, was a lady connected with the life of the great Bonaparte.
CHAPTER XLV
Enemy models—A hostile public—Banishment of four rulers—Our reply to John Bull—Attacks on the Kaiser’s effigy—Story of an Iron Cross.