[It's not very difficult to put the scare in some schoolboys, for which he counts himself fortunate. If anything Slaine was braced for them to be much more obstinate, but the fact that they aren't is something of a relief.
Surely the pressure of a police officer's intervention - and the inevitable involvement of their parents - has a certain weight to it that he can't underestimate. Very good to know]
I won't report it this time...but if I see this kind of thing again, I'll have to.
[It's not difficult to adopt some air of authority, even if he doesn't have any more power than anyone else here. None that he can show, at any rate. But it seems enough that after some reluctance, the group feigns interest in some other activity and turns to leave]
no subject
Surely the pressure of a police officer's intervention - and the inevitable involvement of their parents - has a certain weight to it that he can't underestimate. Very good to know]
I won't report it this time...but if I see this kind of thing again, I'll have to.
[It's not difficult to adopt some air of authority, even if he doesn't have any more power than anyone else here. None that he can show, at any rate. But it seems enough that after some reluctance, the group feigns interest in some other activity and turns to leave]