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Mr. Punch's Life in London 27Correspondence

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Mr. Punch's Life in London 27

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If you please, sir, as a young visitor to the metropolis, and well acquainted with history, I want to ask you--
Who is the Constable of the Tower?
What is his number?
Is he dressed like other constables?
Can he run anyone in, and make them move on if found loitering on his beat?
Is his beat all round the Tower?
Is he a special? one of the force de tour, empowered to use a tour de force? (You see I am well up in French.)
I saw a very amiable-looking policeman cracking nuts in the vicinity of the Tower. Do you think this was the constable in question?
Yours,

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Anonymous — Mr. Punch's Life in London (Anonymous) (author lived 1871–1949). Public Domain. Anonymous, Mr. Punch's Life in London; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #39707. Source

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Mr. Punch's Life in London 28

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