Annotation - Chapter 11, Page 79
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- (79:26) "1st the easy askings then its helping the qwirys"
I.e., torture. In the UK, "helping the police with their inquiries" is the standard euphemism for describing a suspect who has been arrested and is being interrogated, whether or not this help is being given willingly. In Inland, police brutality is taken for granted.