Have a bit o' supper ready for the lad.' Totty walked as far as the police-station.

She could not bring herself to enter and make inquiries; that look of Mrs.Poole's would be hard to bear from men.

Her tears were dry now; she stood reading the notices on the board.

A man had deserted his wife and left her chargeable to the parish; there was a reward for his apprehension, 'That's the woman's fault,' Totty said to herself, 'She's made his home miserable for him.
If I had a husband, I don't think he'd want to run away from _me_.

If he did, well, I should say, 'good riddance.' Catch me setting the p'lice after him! The body of a child had been found; a woman answering to a certain description was wanted.