“Yes, sir.”
“Surely not. I cannot think that any one would be so cruel.”
“Sorry to say it is so, sir, as far as I know; and I’m pretty sure now.”
“But who? We have so few black sheep here, I am thankful to say. Not Tompkins?”
“No, sir.”
“Jevell?”
“No, sir, some one much nigher home than that, sir, I’m sorry to say.”
“Well, speak, and put me out of my suspense.”
“Some one here, sir,” said the constable, after drawing a long breath.
“What!”