"I could not say, miss."
"Have you a cold?"
"No, miss, not a ker-osh-wosh-osh. A woman threw pepper in my face."
"You ought not to know such women," said Molly severely.
The injustice of this stung Officer Garroway.
"I did not know her socially. I was arresting her."
"Oh, I see."
"I found her burgling this apartment."
"Good gracious!"
"And when I informed her that I was compelled to take her into custody, she threw pepper in my face and escaped."