17/44 On the evening of the 13th he told it to Mr.and Mrs.Tucker (his married daughter) of Tremanton Castle. Mr.Williams only knew that the _chancellor_ was shot; Mr.Tucker said it must be the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From the description he recognised Mr.Perceval, with whom he was at enmity. Mr.Williams had never been inside the House of Commons. As they talked, Mr.William's son galloped up from Truro with news of the murder, got from a traveller by coach. |