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Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3808/The Emergency Exit

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Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3808 (July 1st, 1914)
The Emergency Exit by Bernard Partridge
4255966Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3808 (July 1st, 1914) — The Emergency ExitBernard Partridge

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Child Herbert (to "Wicked Baron"). "MY LORD, I HAVE EVER REGARDED YOU AS A PESTILENT VILLAIN—NAY WORSE, AN HEREDITARY IMBECILE. I THEREFORE RELY ON YOUR BENEFICENT WISDOM TO FIND ME A WAY OUT OF THIS SINISTER WOOD."