The Clothes They Stood Up In
Alan Bennett, 28 November 1996
“... way of saying what, Partridge?’ ‘Doing a job is another way of saying opening the bowels. In France,’ said the constable, ‘it’s known as posting a sentry.’ ‘Oh, teach you that at Leatherhead, did they?’ said the sergeant. ‘Partridge is a graduate of the police college.’ ‘It’s like a university,’ explained the constable, ‘only they ... ”