How the police had changed since he was a boy. Bill was starting to relax. The tension left him with a shiver. He began to eat, grateful for something other than drink in his stomach. "I'm glad to 'ear it," he said after swallowing his first bite. "T' police used to be much harsher. Not PC Crane I mean. 'E's a good man." If it hadn't been for Crane, John would have been in prison, rather than in the army.