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"She is living in a sort of private charitable institution, somewhere on the outskirts of the district Mitten Island, I fancy. I don't know the exact address, because we have stopped the groceries, she paying no rent now. In the case of Plummett, I thought you might be interested to know that she got a month this morning for assaulting the Sanitary Inspector pulling his nose, I hear.
"We have already notified you three times that Tonk is having a half-pint of milk daily from the Happy Hearts, as well as an allotment from a soldier." "We stopped the groceries," roared the Relieving Officer. "But in the case of Plummett " "In the case of Tonk " persisted Sarah Brown. "She has moved from Mud Street, can you tell me her last address?"
"In the case of Tonk " interrupted Sarah Brown, to whom, in her present mood, Plummett could only have been a last straw. She hated the Relieving Officer unjustly, because he knew she was deaf and raised his voice, with the best intentions, to such a degree that the case papers on the index were occasionally blown away.
"I am sorry to say that she will not promise to marry him, even if he does come home. But even so " Sarah Brown wrote down on Miss Tonk's card the small purple cipher that stood for hm hm. "I will make enquiries about her address," she said. But that was not the last of Tonk. Presently the red face of the Relieving Officer loomed over the index. "In the case of Plummett " he began loudly.
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