Plot
The Rev. Augustus Horne, on a holiday in Belgium, visited the former quarters of General
Chasse the defeated leader at the siege of Antwerp, where one of the exhibits was a pair
of the General's enormous trousers. Mr. Horne, who was also a large man, in a
spirit of mischief decided to we which man was the
larger. Removing his own trousers, he was about to step into the General's when
a group of English women tourists was heard to approach. He hurriedly escaped
into an adjoining room, leaving his own garment behind, which the women cut up
for souvenirs.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
Reprinted by permission of Princeton
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