"Who are you?"
"Richard Cobb, of the firm of Cobb and Co. Every one knows me in South street."
The officer seized Jack by the elbow.
"I arrest you," he said. "Come along."
"Allow me to explain," exclaimed Jack.
"You can do that at the station."
Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"This is a queer country," he replied; "yet I make it a rule never to resist constituted authority."
"You wouldn't find it much use if you did," answered the officer, swinging his locust club.
Harvey was much annoyed.