I spoke to policemen-I even used the power of beauty, and got Evie to speak to policemen-but only to be told that they were as helpless as I: "Children is eddicated now, and not as afraid of bobbies as they used to be."
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
"You take my advice, bobbies," I heard the indignant Sergeant declaim outside the door, "and don't you believe things is always what they seem.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard
Of all the bands that have been stolen, and all the people that have been blown up, and scorched and vitrioled, and shot at, and shot, by Union men, did ever you and your bobbies nail a single malefactor?"
"Put Yourself in His Place"
Charles Reade