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Less patient ones bid her shut her head, or ask her roughly what is
wrong with her A re what the matter is, crowd
in and increase the noise with question and answer: What's the row?
What she do? Where is he? A tec taking her down What! hientleht and
e me You dunno what it means to
me They'll take away my character and drive me on the streets for
speaking to gentleht, the rest crowding after
hiirl?
What do you take entle to the note taker] She thought you was a copper's nark, sir
THE NOTE TAKER [with quick interest] What's a copper's nark?
THE BYSTANDER [inept at definition] It's a--well, it's a copper's nark,
as you ht say What else would you call it? A sort of informer
THE FLOWER GIRL [still hysterical] I take my Bible oath I never said a