"We did have.

But the public is getting educated up to it.

Our law now allows us to knock the side out of a house when we feel that we would really like to see what is in it.
We are not allowed, of course, to build it up again." "No, of course not," said the other speaker.

"But I suppose you can throw the bricks out on the lawn." "Yes," said Fortescue, "and sit on them to eat lunch.

We had a big fight in the legislature over that, but we got it through." "Thank you, but I feel I am interrupting." "Well, I was only saying that, as soon as I had made up my mind that the trouble was in the cellar, the whole case was simple.