Kirkwood!' but without other words.
Mrs. Peckover urged the danger of this excitement, and speedily led
the way downstairs.
CHAPTER VI
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST
Sidney Kirkwood had a lodging in Tysoe Street, Clerkenwell. It is a
short street, which, like so many in London, begins reputably and
degenerates in its latter half. The cleaner end leads into
Wilmington Square, which consists of decently depressing houses,
occupied in the main, as the lower windows and front-doors indicate,
by watchmakers, working jewellers, and craftsmen of allied pursuits.
The open space, grateful in this neighbourhood, is laid out as a
garden, with trees, beds, and walks. Near the iron gate, which, for
certain hours in the day, gives admission, is a painted notice
informing the public that, by the grace of the Marquis of
Northampton, they may here take their ease on condition of good
behaviour; to children is addressed a distinct warning that 'This is
not a playing ground.' From his window Sidney had a good view of the
Square. The house in which he lived was of two storeys; a brass
plate on the door showed the inscription, 'Hodgson, Dial Painter.
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