Lady Hawk's Folly
“He was not anywhere to be found, but he had left word with Lofting that he expected to dine at home, so she asked the butler to tell her brother-in-law that she wished to speak with him immediately upon his arrival. Then she joined Lady Bridget in the large drawing room overlooking the rear gardens, where she was discovered some moments later by an enthusiastic Lord Harry.
“By Jove, Mollie, the Tower is something like! They’ve got all manner of creatures there. I saw a black bear all the way fr...om the colonies and even a tiger from India. Bates says we may go again, and I think you would like it above all things if you was to go with us. You, too, Aunt Biddy,” he added kindly to the little lady, who sat in an armchair near the window, plying her needle.
“Dear me,” she replied, “but I should be afraid such horrid beasts might attack someone. I wonder that they allow them to be kept in the city.”
“Oh, pooh, there’s not the least danger,” Harry scoffed. “They’ve got them in cages.”MoreLess
“By Jove, Mollie, the Tower is something like! They’ve got all manner of creatures there. I saw a black bear all the way fr...om the colonies and even a tiger from India. Bates says we may go again, and I think you would like it above all things if you was to go with us. You, too, Aunt Biddy,” he added kindly to the little lady, who sat in an armchair near the window, plying her needle.
“Dear me,” she replied, “but I should be afraid such horrid beasts might attack someone. I wonder that they allow them to be kept in the city.”
“Oh, pooh, there’s not the least danger,” Harry scoffed. “They’ve got them in cages.”MoreLess
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