Not necessary in the afternoon....

Come on now, well go round the block." A short walk round the block brought them into a shaded, wide street with one of Middleville's parks on the left.

A row of luxuriant elm trees helped the effect of gloom.

The nearest electric light was across on the far corner, with trees obscuring it to some extent.

At the corner where Pepper halted there was an outside stairway running up the old-fashioned building.