He was surprised to find himself almost in the open country.

The houses extending on his left were fronted by the booths and stalls of the market but beyond these were the fields.

Interested in this discovery, and anxious to locate himself exactly, he took his stand under a favouring gas-lamp, and took out his map.
What he saw, sent him forward in haste.

Shops had now taken the place of tenements, and as these were mostly closed, there were very few persons on the block, and those were quiet and unobtrusive.

He reached a corner before coming to 62 and was still more interested to perceive that the street which branched off thus immediately from the markets was a wide and busy one, offering both a safe and easy approach to dealer and customer.