The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
"'The detection of crime in London now resembles a game of blind man's buff, in which the detective has his hands tied and his eyes bandaged. Thus is he turned loose to hunt the murderer through the slums of a great city."'
"Whatever does that mean?" said Bunting. "Your hands aren't tied, and your eyes aren't bandaged, Joe?"
The Birth of Venus
It's metaphorical-like that it's intended, Mr. Bunting. We haven't got the same facilities - no, not a quarter of them - that the French 'tecs have."
And then, for the first time, Mrs. Bunting spoke: "What was that word, Joe - 'perpetrators'? I mean that first bit you read out."
"Yes," he said, turning to her eagerly.
The Birth of Venus