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"Will you come outside and speak to me? There are so many people " "Eh yes, mem: I'm sure ye fin' the room closs. Eh yes, mem, the Wisharts are a' in the lock-up." They were standing outside in the passage, and Mrs. Kennedy held the door closed by the latch, which she kept firmly grasped in her hand.
In the circumstances, Derrick was not uncomfortably lodged. The lock-up was an ancient, knock-down affair, and the Inspector had arranged that Derrick should occupy one of the rooms in the adjoining police-station. Here, Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Clendon found him, if not altogether resigned to the situation, at any rate not cast down or despondent. "Well, here we are," said Mr. Jacobs, cheerfully.
There he applied for bail, which was of course refused, and he spent the night in the lock-up. Knowing well that he had a very bad case, he humbled himself so far as to send for Nalini, whom he implored with folded hands to save him from destruction. Nalini was deeply moved by his appeal.
I'll get the constable, who lives over across the fields, and he'll pull 'em all in." A half-hour later the whole gang was under arrest and on the way to the nearest lock-up. The detective felt that his evening's work was not in vain. Whatever might be the facts about the connection of this gang with the affair at Colonel Richmond's, it was a good thing to get them all out of the way.
The passage to the lock-up at that moment afforded one of those spectacles which, unfortunately, neither legislators, nor philanthropists, nor painters, nor writers come to study.
The lock-up bell rang at dusk; at six o'clock they had tea which was a repetition of breakfast, with leave to add to it whatever else they liked and immediately after sat down to "preparation," which lasted from seven till nine.
Dunster did say he thought it was something important, only like an ass I thought it would do if I came over at lock-up." "It doesn't matter," said Jellicoe miserably; "it can't be helped." "Yes, it can," said Mike. "I know what I'll do it's all right. I'll get out of the house after lights-out." Jellicoe sat up. "You can't! You'd get sacked if you were caught." "Who would catch me?
"Lovell will have to behave himself now," the Duffer remarked to Scaife, who laughed derisively, as he answered "He couldn't, even if he tried." Warde welcomed the House at lock-up, and introduced the boys to his wife and daughter. Mrs. Warde had a plain, pleasant face. Miss Warde, however, was a beauty, and she knew it, the coquette, and had known it from the hour she could peep into a mirror.
So I thanked him for his kindness, and bid him go on. But the good-natured fellow lingered awhile, as if wishing to conduct me; but suddenly recollecting that he had a hamper on his shoulder, and a lock-up bag in his hand, to meet the coach, he started hastily, and was soon out of sight. I followed, looking in vain for the countryman's straw bed.
The interior is not particularly interesting, but note panelled arch on N. of sanctuary, aumbry in N. aisle, square font. The pulpit has been constructed out of two old pews. Near the church is an old cylindrical "lock-up." Puckington, a small village 3 m. N.E. of Ilminster. There is also a Norm, font with cable moulding. Puriton, a parish 3-3/4 m. N.N.E. from Bridgwater, 3/4 m. from Dunball.
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