Into the
second, denominated the Bilbowes,—also a dismal place,—refractory prisoners
were thrust, and placed in a kind of stocks, whence the name. A wide terrace then led to large iron gates,' over which were
placed the two celebrated figures of Raving and Melancholy Madness, executed
by the elder Cibber, and commemorated by Pope in the Dunciad, in the wellknown lines:—
"Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne,
And laughs to think Monroe would take her down,
Where, o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand,
Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand. "
"My courage gave out. I tell you—never
mind the bill. “In a sense—yes. “What you have done. “And what is it all about, Veronica?” he asked, with a
deliberate note of irony, looking at her a little quizzically over his glasses. I can’t imagine
Londoners—particularly interested in me. ’
Gerald started.
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