Thepoliceman whoarrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position asbodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for anykudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took thepoliceman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded histunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.