EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 39 



Here is an anecdote taken by Mr, Snell 

 from The Memoirs of the Rev. John Russell, 

 and told by Russell of his friend Jack Froude 

 and "Henry of Exeter 37 (Bishop Philpotts). 



"The Bishop was determined to have an 

 interview with Froude ... he started for 

 Knowstone with that object in view. Froude 

 suspected that such an event might occur, and 

 set to work to frustrate his lordship's designs. 

 He stationed a signalman within hail of his house, 

 on the only road leading to it from Tiverton, 

 giving him orders, if he saw a chaise and pair 

 coming, to hasten thither and sound the alarm. 



" Accordingly when the Bishop did appear, 

 Froude and his household were fully prepared 

 for his reception. 



" ' Can I see Mr. Froude ? ' inquired his 

 lordship in that mild tone which he habitually 

 adopted when he meant to carry his point. 

 * Be good enough to say the Bishop of Exeter 

 wishes to have a few words with him/ 



" ' Please walk in, my lord/ replied the old 

 housekeeper, Jane, who had gone to the door, 

 and would have gone to the stake to serve 

 her master. * Mr. Froude is at home, but is 

 up abed wi' some ailment or other.' 



