6/11 You see, Mrs.Bunting, the Yard's nettled--that's what it is, and we're all on our mettle--that we are. I was right down sorry for the poor chap who was on point duty in the street where the last one happened--" "No!" said Bunting incredulously. "You don't mean there was a policeman there, within a few yards ?" That fact hadn't been recorded in his newspaper. "That's exactly what I do mean, Mr.Bunting! The man is near off his head, so I'm told. He did hear a yell, so he says, but he took no notice--there are a good few yells in that part o' London, as you can guess. |