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He may be in practice acquainted with them; if historically inclined, he may think of them as old time villages swallowed up by insatiable London; but he has never grasped the fact that in Battersea, Camberwell, Islington, there are people living who name these places as their home; who are born, subsist, and die there as though in a distinct town, and practically without consciousness of its obliteration in the map of a world capital. HE MAY BE IN PRACTICE ACQUAINTED WITH THEM IF HISTORICALLY INCLINED HE MAY THINK OF THEM AS OLD TIME VILLAGES SWALLOWED UP BY THE INSATIABLE LONDON BUT HE HAS NEVER GRASPED THE FACT THAT IN BATTERSEE CAMEMERWELL ISLINGTON THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING WHO NAME THESE PLACES AS THEIR HOME WHO ARE BORN SUBSIST AND DIE THERE AS THOUGH IN A DISTINCT TOWN AND PRACTICALLY WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS OF ITS OBLITERATION IN THE MAP OF A WORLD CAPITAL
inently 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_. To him, these and the like districts are nothing more than compass points of the huge metropolis.  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 TO HIM THESE AND THE LIKE DISTRICTS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN COMPASS POINTS OF THE HUGE METROPOLIS
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