This was no matter for a village constable.

Although there was a chance, as well, that Hiram Martin, the village constable, would be the only one around.

Also in the church is a carving of a pelican feeding her young with her own blood, and an old village constable's staff.

It is a most conspicuous thing, and every village constable seems to have an official interest in it, on all occasions.

We know he went to the churchyard on that night because the village constable caught him there and sent him packing.

Near the village constable's hut an iron sheet was struck.

The Sorceress was clever, more so than the usual, because the next person she sent was the village constable.

The village constable elbowed his way through a little crowd of men.

The war had brought extra responsibilities to the village constable and now they were beginning to show in the tired lines on his face.

"You don't get off so easy, you loafer," said Peter, who saw the village constable approaching.