"The doctor's backward in telling you, and small blame to him; but Simpkins wrote off to the Local Government Board, preferring a lot of charges against the doctor, and against myself as Chairman of the Board of Guardians--things you'd wonder any man would have the face to say." "What happened ?" said Meldon.
"We've quietened them down for the present," said Doyle, "but there was a lot of talk of a sworn enquiry.

And what did Simpkins do it for if it wasn't just the delight he takes in destroying the peace of the town?
You know very well, Mr.Meldon, the way we all pulled together here, Catholics and Protestants, and never had any bad feeling.

And where's the good of bringing in the Local Government Board to be stirring up strife among us?
But that's not all he did, nor the half or it.

He wrote a letter last October to the Inspector-General of the Police, complaining of the sergeant beyond, that he wasn't doing his duty." "I wouldn't expect you to be taking the part of the police," said Meldon.
"You always went in for being a strong Nationalist." "And so I am," said Doyle.

"And so's the doctor.