He waited a moment, and then: "Well I have got one piece of news--not that I suppose it'll interest you very much." They both looked at him--Mrs.Bunting suddenly calm, though her breast still heaved from time to time.
"Our Boss has resigned!" said Joe Chandler slowly, impressively.
"No! Not the Commissioner o' Police ?" exclaimed Bunting.
"Yes, he has.

He just can't bear what's said about us any longer -- and I don't wonder! He done his best, and so's we all.

The public have just gone daft--in the West End, that is, to-day.

As for the papers, well, they're something cruel--that's what they are.

And the ridiculous ideas they print! You'd never believe the things they asks us to do--and quite serious-like." "What d'you mean ?" questioned Mrs.Bunting.She really wanted to know.
"Well, the Courier declares that there ought to be a house-to-house investigation--all over London.