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The garden was bounded by a three foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within. THE GARDEN WAS BOUNDED BY A THREE FOOT BRICK WALL WITH A FRINGE OF WOOD RAILS UPON THE TOP AND AGAINST THIS WALL WAS LEANING A STALWART POLICE CONSTABLE SURROUNDED BY A SMALL KNOT OF LOAFERS WHO CRANED THEIR NECKS AND STRAINED THEIR EYES IN THE VAIN HOPE OF CATCHING SOME GLIMPSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS WITHIN
udgment.” “You will have your data soon,” I remarked, pointing with my finger; “this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if I am not very much mistaken.” “So it is. Stop, driver, stop!” We were still a hundred yards or so from it, but he insisted upon our alighting, and we finished our journey upon foot. Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. It was one of four which stood back some little way from the street, two being occupied and two empty. The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes. A small garden sprinkled over with a scattered eruption of sickly plants separated each of these houses from the street, and was traversed by a narrow pathway, yellowish in colour, and consisting apparently of a mixture of clay and of gravel. The whole place was very sloppy from the rain which had fallen through the night.  THE EVIDENCE IT BIASES THE JUDGMENT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR DATA SOON I REMARKED POINTING WITH MY FINGER THIS IS THE BRIXTON ROAD AND THAT IS THE HOUSE IF I AM NOT VERY MUCH MISTAKEN SO IT IS STOP DRIVER STOP WE WERE STILL A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO FROM IT BUT HE INSISTED UPON OUR ALIGHTING AND WE FINISHED OUR JOURNEY UPON FOOT NUMBER THREE LAURISHED IN GARDENS WORE AN ILL OMENED AND MINORY LOOK IT WAS ONE OF FOUR WHICH STOOD BACK SOME LITTLE WAY FROM THE STREET TWO BEING OCCUPIED AND TWO EMPTY THE LATTER LOOKED OUT WITH THREE TIERS OF VACANT MELANCHOLY WINDOWS WHICH WERE BLANK AND DREARY SAVE THAT HERE AND THERE A TOILETTE CARD HAD DEVELOPED LIKE A CATARACT UPON THE BLEARED PANES A SMALL GARDEN SPRINKLED OVER WITH A SCATTERED ERUPTION OF SICKLY PLANTS SEPARATED EACH OF THESE HOUSES FROM THE STREET AND WAS TRAVERSED BY A NARROW PATHWAY YELLOWISH IN COLOR AND CONSISTING APPARENTLY OF A MIXTURE OF CLAY AND OF GRAVEL THE WHOLE PLACE WAS VERY SLOPPY FROM THE RAIN WHICH HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE NIGHT
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