“No; I can’t say I do.”
“Did you ever see them two figures in the Lord Mayor’s palace in the City? You ought to see them, sir. I reckon they’re the best things in that line you can see anywhere?”
“I’m afraid I don’t remember which figures you refer to.”
“Oh, they ain’t like your work, not a little bit. They’re picked out in all kinds of colours, and are ever so big. I was thinking they must represent two of them heathen gods what the Children of Israel fell down and worshipped. You know the figures I mean?”
“I’m afraid I don’t. Can’t you remember their names?”
“Why, Gog and Magog, aren’t they, sir?”
