Why?
ALBERT
Becos they were after me. I was a dead man if I stuck to it then. I threw it in ’ere to gain time and knowin’ the ’ouse.
MISS PERKINS
Well, I never!
ALBERT
They’re a desp’rate lot.
MR PERKINS
It’s all most unusual. Never since I’ve been an ’ouse’older ’ave I——
MISS PERKINS