“Nobody expects us to.” Who said this and to whom? In what context was it said? What message does the author want to convey through this interaction?
“Dead when they picked him up,” said Godber’s man with relish.” Who was referred to as “him’? How did the person in question die? What did the Godber’s man come for? Analyse the character of the Godber’s man in the light of the quoted statement.