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This individual was, as he said, 'going home,' it did not appear whence or whither, and had occasion to pass through Paul Street between four and five a.m. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS AS HE SAID GOING HOME IT DID NOT APPEAR WHENCE OR WHITHER AND HAD OCCASION TO PASS THROUGH PAUL STREET BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE A M
ly put the question: “Do you happen to know anything of a man named Herbert—Charles Herbert?” Austin turned round sharply and stared at Villiers with some astonishment. “Charles Herbert? Weren’t you in town three years ago? No; then you have not heard of the Paul Street case? It caused a good deal of sensation at the time.” “What was the case?” “Well, a gentleman, a man of very good position, was found dead, stark dead, in the area of a certain house in Paul Street, off Tottenham Court Road. Of course the police did not make the discovery; if you happen to be sitting up all night and have a light in your window, the constable will ring the bell, but if you happen to be lying dead in somebody’s area, you will be left alone. In this instance, as in many others, the alarm was raised by some kind of vagabond; I don’t mean a common tramp, or a public-house loafer, but a gentleman, whose business or pleasure, or both, made him a spectator of the London streets at five o’clock in the morning. RY AND SO AFTER SOME CASUAL TALK HE SUDDENLY PUT THE QUESTION DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANYTHING OF A MAN NAMED HERBERT CHARLES HERBERT AUSTIN TURNED ROUND SHARPLY AND STARED AT LILIER WITH SOME ASTONISHMENT CHARLES HERBERT WEREN'T YOU IN TOWN THREE YEARS AGO NO THEN YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE PAUL STREET CASE IT CAUSED A GOOD DEAL OF SENSATION AT THE TIME WHAT WAS THE CASE WELL A GENTLEMAN OF A VERY GOOD POSITION WAS FOUND DEAD STARK DEAD IN THE AREA OF A CERTAIN HOUSE IN PAUL STREET OFF TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD OF COURSE THE POLICE DID NOT MAKE THE DISCOVERY IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE SITTING UP ALL NIGHT AND HAVE A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW THE CONSTABLE WOULD RING THE BELL BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE LYING DEAD IN SOMEBODY'S AREA YOU WILL BE LEFT ALONE IN THIS INSTANCE AS IN MANY OTHERS THE ALARM WAS RAISED BY SOME KIND OF VAGABOND I DON'T MEAN A COMMON TRAMP OR A PUBLIC HOUSE LOAFER BUT A GENTLEMAN WHOSE BUSINESS OR PLEASURE OR BOTH MADE HIM A SPECTATOR OF THE LONDON STREETS AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
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