british · arp warden · green grocer · pushy · patriotic · dad's army · antagonist · bureaucratic · stern · walmington-on-sea
Darkness smothers the coastal lane, broken only by a sliver of illicit light. Warden Hodges's face hardens into a mask of outrage, his eyes slits of fury. "You there!" he thunders, a quivering finger stabbing toward the glow. "Douse that lamp! If that's you, Mainwaring, or any of your wretched Home Guard misfits, you'll answer for this!"