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On the right, green trees stretch into the middle distance; on the left, endless blocks of residential flats. It is Battersea Park Road, the home of the cliff-dwellers. Police-constable Plimmer's beat embraced the first quarter of a mile of the cliffs.
'From Miss Lamb she's in London. She's coming to pay me a surprise visit this evening I know who'll get the surprise. Mrs. Plimmer's coming too. "I gave 'im one of my 'arf-pints and made 'im drink it. He chucked the pot on the floor when he 'ad done, in a desprit sort o' way, and 'im and the landlord 'ad a little breeze then that did 'im more good than wot the beer 'ad.
'I wasn't stealing of it. I 'adn't but borrowed it. I was going to put it back. 'Stuff and nonsense! Borrow it, indeed! What for? 'I I wanted to look nice. The woman gave a short laugh. Constable Plimmer's face was a mere block of wood, expressionless. 'And what about the money I've been missing? I suppose you'll say you only borrowed that? 'I never took no money.
'Don't stand talking. Hop it. 'I won't. Where's the station? 'Next street. 'Well, come along, then. The blue glass lamp of the police-station came into sight, and for an instant she stopped. Then she was walking on again, her chin tilted. But her voice shook a little as she spoke. 'Nearly there. Next stop, Battersea. All change! I say, mister I don't know your name. 'Plimmer's my name, miss.
'Can't one write to the young gentleman one's keeping company with, without having to get permission from every She paused to marshal her forces from the assault. 'Without having to get permission from every great, ugly, red-faced copper with big feet and a broken nose in London? Constable Plimmer's wrath faded into a dull unhappiness. Yes, she was right. That was the correct description.
It is a terrible thing to be obsessed by a milkman. To Constable Plimmer's disordered imagination it seemed that, dating from this interview, the world became one solid milkman. Wherever he went, he seemed to run into this milkman.
Plimmer's only got one fault, he ses, shaking his 'cad, 'and that's jealousy. If she got to know of Laura Lamb, it would be all U.P. It makes me go cold all over when I think of it. The only thing is to get married as quick as I can; then she can't help 'erself. "'It wouldn't prevent the other one making a fuss, though, I ses. "'No, he ses, very thoughtfully, 'it wouldn't.
Plimmer's only got one fault, he ses, shaking his 'cad, 'and that's jealousy. If she got to know of Laura Lamb, it would be all U.P. It makes me go cold all over when I think of it. The only thing is to get married as quick as I can; then she can't help 'erself. "'It wouldn't prevent the other one making a fuss, though, I ses. "'No, he ses, very thoughtfully, 'it wouldn't.
Constable Plimmer's scowl was of the stuff of which nightmares are made. He kicked the unoffending side-walk with an increased viciousness. 'Dismissed the Force, he said curtly. 'And sent to prison, too, I shouldn't wonder. 'Maybe. He heard her draw a deep breath, and silence fell upon them again. The dog down the road had stopped barking. The woman in the flat had stopped singing.
The peace of afternoon had fallen upon the world one day towards the end of Constable Plimmer's second week of the simple life, when his attention was attracted by a whistle. It was followed by a musical 'Hi! Constable Plimmer looked up. On the kitchen balcony of a second-floor flat a girl was standing. As he took her in with a slow and exhaustive gaze, he was aware of strange thrills.
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