he'd look after that particular side of things himself. what does that refer to? Evans Tries o level

The "particular side of things" referred to in this sentence is Evans' tendency to escape from prison and break free. The reason that the Governor thought to deal with this matter on his own and not disclose it to the Secretary was so that he could get the approval from the Secretary to allow the examination to be conducted in the prison cell itself.

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