'If you must know—yes, I was.'
'H'm, I thought so. Well, I won't stop to be in the way.'
'I say, Mr. Ackroyd!'
'Yes?'
'There's a notice outside the station as says a man has deserted his wife.'
'Is there? How do you know?'
'I read it.'
'Oh, you've been waiting there, have you?'
'And another thing. It wasn't no use you looking up at Thyrza Trent's window. She's away.'
'How do you know I looked up?'