“That is, there was a building of one story, with a great coach-door.
“Then there was a court, around which were stables, coach-houses, offices.
“Then there was a house—a two-storied house, with a perron in front.
“Behind the house was a garden—a garden of two hundred and fifty French feet in length.
“And as one hundred feet of France equal one hundred and six feet of England, this garden, my friends, equalled exactly two hundred and sixty-five feet of British measure.
“In the centre of the garden was a fountain and a statue—or, to speak more correctly, two statues. One was recumbent,—a man. Over him, sabre in hand, stood a woman.
“The man was Olofernes. The woman was Judith. From the head, from the trunk, the water gushed. It was the taste of the doctor:—was it not a droll of taste?
“At the end of the garden was the doctor's cabinet of study. My faith, a singular cabinet, and singular pictures!—
“Decapitation of Charles Premier at Vitehall.
“Decapitation of Montrose at Edimbourg.