“Bridgy?” he said.
“Bridgy’d do,” he said.
“Do what?” said Lord Manton. “I’m getting mixed again.”
“With the blade of a knife?” said Jimmy O’Loughlin.
“That, or a three-pronged fork,” said Cole, “unbeknown to any but herself.”
“It could be done,” said Jimmy O’Loughlin, “and Bridgy’s the girl for the job.”
“Constable Moriarty,” said Cole, “would offer to mend it for her, while they’d be waiting for the sergeant, who’d be down at the barrack getting the handcuffs.”
“Oiling them,” said Lord Manton.
“Oiling or such,” said Cole.