Evans Tries an O-Level

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Colin Dexter

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The Silent Prison Officer Character Analysis

The silent prison officer who escorts McLeery inside the prison initially seems inconsequential, but is later revealed to be one of Evans’s many accomplices. The officer is either posing as another prison officer or actually works at the prison—the story never makes this distinction—but is particularly instrumental in Evans’s second escape from the Governor’s clutches. Right in front of the Governor’s eyes, the silent prison officer handcuffs Evans and loads him into a prison van, presumably about to take him back to Oxford Prison. Once the van pulls away from the Governor, however, the silent prison officer snaps at the driver—whose thick Scottish accent betrays that he’s the fake McLeery—to drive faster so that they don’t get caught.

The Silent Prison Officer Quotes in Evans Tries an O-Level

The Evans Tries an O-Level quotes below are all either spoken by The Silent Prison Officer or refer to The Silent Prison Officer . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Evans Tries an O-Level Quotes

“See you soon, Evans.” It was almost as if the Governor were saying farewell to an old friend after a cocktail party.

“Cheerio, sir. I, er, I was just wonderin’. I know your German’s pretty good, sir, but do you know any more o’ these modern languages?”

“Not very well. Why?”

Evans settled himself comfortably on the back seat, and grinned happily. “Nothin’, really. I just ‘appened to notice that you’ve got some O-level Italian classes comin’ up next September, that’s all.”

“Perhaps you won’t be with us next September, Evans.”

James Roderick Evans appeared to ponder the Governor’s words deeply. “No. P’r’aps I won’t,” he said.

Related Characters: The Governor (speaker), James Evans (speaker), The Silent Prison Officer
Page Number: 91
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The Silent Prison Officer Quotes in Evans Tries an O-Level

The Evans Tries an O-Level quotes below are all either spoken by The Silent Prison Officer or refer to The Silent Prison Officer . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Intelligence and Deception Theme Icon
).
Evans Tries an O-Level Quotes

“See you soon, Evans.” It was almost as if the Governor were saying farewell to an old friend after a cocktail party.

“Cheerio, sir. I, er, I was just wonderin’. I know your German’s pretty good, sir, but do you know any more o’ these modern languages?”

“Not very well. Why?”

Evans settled himself comfortably on the back seat, and grinned happily. “Nothin’, really. I just ‘appened to notice that you’ve got some O-level Italian classes comin’ up next September, that’s all.”

“Perhaps you won’t be with us next September, Evans.”

James Roderick Evans appeared to ponder the Governor’s words deeply. “No. P’r’aps I won’t,” he said.

Related Characters: The Governor (speaker), James Evans (speaker), The Silent Prison Officer
Page Number: 91
Explanation and Analysis: