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`` Tomorrow we will see the city , the shops in Chepe , the Guildhall , and St. Paul 's , then we shall issue out from Temple Bar and walk along the Strand through the country to Westminster and see the great abbey , then perhaps take a boat back . The next day , if the weather be fine , we will row up to Richmond and see the palace there , and I hope you will go with us , Mistress Dorothy ; it is a pleasant promenade and a fashionable one , and methinks the river with its boats is after all the prettiest sight in London . '' `` Ah , you think there can be nothing pretty without water . That is all very well for one who is ever afloat , Master Lirriper ; but give me Chepe at high noon with all its bravery of dress , and the bright shops , and the gallants of the court , and our own citizens too , who if not quite so gay in colour are proper men , better looking to my mind than some of the fops with their silver and satins . '' `` That 's right , Dorothy , '' her husband said ; `` spoken like the wife of a citizen . '' All these plans were destined to be frustrated . As soon as breakfast was over the next morning Master Lirriper started with the two boys , and they had but just entered Chepeside when they saw two young men approaching .