Tom Brown's Body
“The Prince of Darkness * 'Twas to her I was oblig'd for my Education.
IBID. (Act 1, Scene 2) 'IT would be interesting to know,' said Mrs Bradley to the local inspector of police, 'whether Mr Loveday's keys have ever been missing.' 'He says they haven't, but he seems a vague sort of gentleman to me,' the inspector replied.
'What does Miss Loveday say?' 'She says she wouldn't put anything past the boys. But, of course, it's not boys we're after, whatever the Superintendent may say.' 'What does th...e Superintendent say?' asked Mrs Bradley, who had not heard the conversation between the Superintendent and Mr Wyck on the subject of boys and their possible misdoings.
'He says we've got to remember that Home Office affair, but that's all poppycock, if you'll pardon the expression, being one not often used by ladies. Young gentlemen like these at Spey don't go about murdering their schoolmasters. But what does seem to me the point about this business is that more than one person was concerned in it.MoreLess
IBID. (Act 1, Scene 2) 'IT would be interesting to know,' said Mrs Bradley to the local inspector of police, 'whether Mr Loveday's keys have ever been missing.' 'He says they haven't, but he seems a vague sort of gentleman to me,' the inspector replied.
'What does Miss Loveday say?' 'She says she wouldn't put anything past the boys. But, of course, it's not boys we're after, whatever the Superintendent may say.' 'What does th...e Superintendent say?' asked Mrs Bradley, who had not heard the conversation between the Superintendent and Mr Wyck on the subject of boys and their possible misdoings.
'He says we've got to remember that Home Office affair, but that's all poppycock, if you'll pardon the expression, being one not often used by ladies. Young gentlemen like these at Spey don't go about murdering their schoolmasters. But what does seem to me the point about this business is that more than one person was concerned in it.MoreLess
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