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,