Excerpt from Hyacinth Halvey: A Comedy

Mr. Quirke. It would be a pity you not to know any little news might be knocking about. If you did not have information of what is going on who should have it. Was it you, ma'am, was telling me that the new Sub-sanitary Inspector would be arriving to-day?

Mrs. Belane. To-day it is he is coming, and it's likely he was in that train. There was a card about him to Sergeant Carden this morning.

Mr. Q'uirke. A young chap from Carrow, they were saying he was.

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