At first, however, Bailey's story received no credence, and if, as Howel somewhat Apocryphally relates, Gondomar had been forbidden to say two words about Raleigh in the King's presence, and therefore entered with uplifted hands shouting 'Pirates!
"Raleigh"
Edmund Gosse
One of these critics, it was said-probably Apocryphally-took an office on the first platform, that being the only place in Paris from which the Tower could not be seen.
"Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889"
Robert M. Vogel