But the police authorities had exercised a wise generosity, and no one newspaper knew more than another at that stage--they all, as Fullaway said to Allerdyke at breakfast, got a fair start, and from that one could run their own race.
"We shall be to these Pressmen as a pot of honey to flies," he observed.
"Take my advice, Allerdyke--see none of them, and if you should--as you will--get buttonholed and held up, refuse to say a word." "You can leave that to me," answered Allerdyke, with a twitch of his determined jaw.

"It 'ud be a clever newspaper chap that would get aught out of me.

I've other fish to fry than to talk to these gentry.

And what good will all this newspaper stuff do ?" "Lots!" replied Fullaway.

"It will draw attention.