"I'm going to London too," said Mr. Campion, climbing in. "It's a long way from here, isn't it?" he went on with apparent imbecility. "I knew I'd never walk it."
Penny stared at him, her cheeks flushing. "Surely you can't go off and leave the Tower unprotected," she said, and there was a note of amusement in her voice.
"Never laugh at a great man," said Mr. Campion. "Remember what happened to the vulgar little girls who threw stons at Elisha. I can imagine few worse deaths than being eaten by a bear," he added conversationally.
(from The Gyrth Chalice Mystery, by Margery Allingham)
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