"I will make enquiries about her address," she said.
But that was not the last of Tonk.

Presently the red face of the Relieving Officer loomed over the index.
"In the case of Plummett--" he began loudly.
"In the case of Tonk--" interrupted Sarah Brown, to whom, in her present mood, Plummett could only have been a last straw.

She hated the Relieving Officer unjustly, because he knew she was deaf and raised his voice, with the best intentions, to such a degree that the case papers on the index were occasionally blown away.

"We have already notified you three times that Tonk is having a half-pint of milk daily from the Happy Hearts, as well as an allotment from a soldier." "We stopped the groceries," roared the Relieving Officer.

"But in the case of Plummett--" "In the case of Tonk--" persisted Sarah Brown.