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I say: "Nonsense! Somebody has imposed upon you, because they see you are a foreigner." I SAY NONSENSE SOMEBODY HAS IMPOSED UPON YOU BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU ARE A FOREIGNER
, and knows all about it. He tells me it was begun about the middle of the thirteenth century, and was only completed ten years ago. It seems to me that there must have been gross delay on the part of the builder. Why, a plumber would be ashamed to take as long as that over a job! B. also asserts that the two towers are the highest church towers in the world. I dispute this, and deprecate the towers generally. B. warmly defends them. He says they are higher than any building in Europe, except the Eiffel Tower. "Oh, dear no!" I say, "there are many buildings higher than they in Europe--to say nothing of Asia and America." I have no authority for making this assertion. As a matter of fact, I know nothing whatever about the matter. I merely say it to irritate B. He appears to take a sort of personal interest in the building, and enlarges upon its beauties and advantages with as much fervour as if he were an auctioneer trying to sell the place. He retorts that the towers are 512 feet high. EEN IT BEFORE AND KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT HE TELLS ME IT WAS BEGUN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY AND WAS ONLY COMPLETED TEN YEARS AGO HE SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN GROSS DELAY ON THE PART OF THE BUILDER WHY A PLUMBER WOULD BE ASHAMED TO TAKE AS LONG AS THAT OVER A JOB B ALSO ASSERTS THAT THE TWO TOWERS ARE THE HIGHEST CHURCH TOWERS IN THE WORLD I DISPUTE THIS AND DEPRECATE THE TOWERS GENERALLY B WARMLY DEFENDS THEM HE SAYS THEY ARE HIGHER THAN ANY BUILDING IN EUROPE EXCEPT THE EIFFEL TOWER OH DEAR NO I SAY THERE ARE MANY BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN THEY IN EUROPE TO SAY NOTHING OF ASIA AND AMERICA I HAVE NO AUTHORITY FOR MAKING THIS ASSERTION AS A MATTER OF FACT I KNOW NOTHING WHATEVER ABOUT THE MATTER I MERELY SAY I TO IRRITATE B HE APPEARS TO TAKE A SORT OF PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE BUILDING AND ENLARGES UPON ITS BEAUTIES AND ADVANTAGES WITH AS MUCH FERVOR AS IF HE WERE AN AUCTIONEER TRYING TO SELL THE PLACE HE RETORTS THAT THE TOWERS ARE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWELVE FEET HIGH
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