When I was a boy--" Carlyle rose up at this point.
"I should like to ask," he said, mildly, "if this is supposed to be an audience of children?
I, for one, have no wish to listen to the juvenile stories of Doctor Johnson.

Furthermore, I have come here particularly to- night to hear Boswell.

I want to compare him with Froude.

I therefore protest against--" "There is a roof to this house-boat," said Doctor Johnson.

"If Mr.
Carlyle will retire to the roof with Boswell I have no doubt he can be accommodated.