"Most foolish of us to come here all together like this, after the policeman took our names and addresses, and was dretfully impertinent and suspicious.

But Meta insisted.

I quite expect to spend the next twenty-four hours in gaol, or else to be shot for Offence of the Realm.

In fact, speaking as a ratepayer, I think the police ought to have done it before.

Still, Meta thought we might perhaps be able to help Angela....