Coaching days and coaching ways . Falstaff Inn, West Gate, Canterbury. that they would be very likely to get me into troubleif I meddled with them, and mention Becket, whohas been much overdone, only to point out that somany skulls have been attributed to him, that themodern inhabitants have sunk into a horrid state of in-credulity as to any of them. The latest skull had beendiscovered (by the Daily Telegraph, I believe) when Iwas at Canterbury last ; but the burghers of Canterburywhen I spoke of it looked at me with a pitying smile, THE DOVER ROAD >63 and directed me to the nearest house o
Coaching days and coaching ways . Falstaff Inn, West Gate, Canterbury. that they would be very likely to get me into troubleif I meddled with them, and mention Becket, whohas been much overdone, only to point out that somany skulls have been attributed to him, that themodern inhabitants have sunk into a horrid state of in-credulity as to any of them. The latest skull had beendiscovered (by the Daily Telegraph, I believe) when Iwas at Canterbury last ; but the burghers of Canterburywhen I spoke of it looked at me with a pitying smile, THE DOVER ROAD >63 and directed me to the nearest house of or no skulls however, it is certain that the fractureof Beckets at Canterbury at five oclock on December 29,. A Cast Shoe. 1170, was the magnet which drew most visitors to the town ;and it is equally certain that the church in which Becketwas murdered in the glorious choir of Conrad (the Prior,not the Corsair) was entirely burnt down in 1174. The 264 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS early inhabitants were much annoyed at this held no local inquiry according to our more moderncustom, but they beat the walls and pavements of thechurch and blasphemed, with equally satisfactory which they sent for another architect, and Williamof Sens appeared upon the scene. All went well withWilliam till one day there was an eclipse of the sun,upon which he fell off a scaffolding raised for turning thevault, and found himself so extremely unwell when hesj;ot to the bottom that he had to return to France—viaDover of course. The cathedral, in spite of these mishaps, was com-pleted in 1184. To Beckets shrine, blazing with goldand jewels, came amongst others, Richard Cceur deLion, on
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