Froude describes the scene of the execution as "an open space opposite the College." That shows, says Freeman, that Froude did not, like Macaulay, visit the scenes of the events he described.

Perhaps he did not visit Gloucester, or even Guisnes.

That Freeman's general conclusion was entirely wide of the mark a single letter from Froude to Skelton is enough to show.

"I want you some day," he wrote on the 12th of December, 1863, "to go with me to Loch Leven, and then to Stirling, Perth, and Glasgow.

Before I go farther I must have a personal knowledge of Loch Leven Castle and the grounds at Langside.
Also I must look at the street at Linlithgow where Murray was shot."* Thus Freeman's amiable inference was the exact reverse of the truth.
-- * Table Talk of Shirley, p.