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To him, these and the like districts are nothing more than compass points of the huge metropolis. TO HIM THESE AND THE LIKE DISTRICTS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN COMPASS POINTS OF THE HUGE METROPOLIS
 law. You are the prisoner. Watson, you are a British jury, and I never met a man who was more eminently fitted to represent one. I am the judge. Now, gentleman of the jury, you have heard the evidence. Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?' 'Not guilty, my lord,' said I. '_Vox populi, vox Dei._ You are acquitted, Captain Crocker. So long as the law does not find some other victim you are safe from me. Come back to this lady in a year, and may her future and yours justify us in the judgment which we have pronounced this night!' THE PRIZE LODGER By George Gissing (_Human Odds and Ends/Stories and Sketches_, London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd, 1898) The ordinary West-End Londoner--who is a citizen of no city at all, but dwells amid a mere conglomerate of houses at a certain distance from Charing Cross--has known a fleeting surprise when, by rare chance, his eye fell upon the name of some such newspaper as the _Battersea Times_, the _Camberwell Mercury_, or the _Islington Gazette_.   VICTORIAN SHORT STORIES OF TROUBLED MARRIAGES THIS LIBER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THE PRIZE LODGER BY GEORGE GISSING HUMAN ODDS AND ENDS STRUCK STORIES AND SKETCHES LONDON LAWRENCE AND BOLON LIMITED EIGHTEEN NINETY EIGHT THE ORDINARY WEST END LONDONER WHO IS A CITIZEN OF NO CITY AT ALL BUT DWELLS AMID A MERE CONGLOMERATE OF HOUSES AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM CHARING CROSS HAS KNOWN A FLEETING SURPRISE WHEN BY RARE CHANCE HIS EYE FELL UPON THE NAME OF SOME SUCH NEWSPAPER AS THE BATTERSEA TIMES THE CAMBERWELL MERCURY OR THE ISLINGTON GAZETTE 
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