On Duty with Inspector Field by Charles Dickens. Short summary

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The main character is Inspector Field. One evening this police officer was guarding a collection of exhibits that were housed within the British Museum. The atmosphere in the building was calm.

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The main character is a law enforcement officer whose name was Field.

One evening this inspector was performing his assigned duties at the British Museum. Dickens compares that gentleman to the guardian angel of the cultural site.

The man would carefully inspect the exhibits before concluding that everything was in order. This representative of the stronger sex that day was interested in the collection of ancient Greek sculptures, which had once been brought to Great Britain by the diplomat Thomas Elgin.

Field was noted for his discernment and vigilance, and so he walked slowly through the spacious halls, lighting his way by means of a lantern. The writer believes that if any mummy had moved even slightly, the policeman would have thought for sure that Tom Green was hiding behind it.

Stopping close to the ichthyosaur skeleton, he thought it looked like an old acquaintance of his.

Field planned to work for another 30 minutes before heading to the local police station.