Book 2, Chapter 14: Jasper Davenant

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​⁠The silence that had fallen between me and my companion remained unbroken (with one exception, when he briefly drew my attention to the old stone name-tablet, inscribed “Wardour Streete 1686”) until we came opposite a church, standing back from the road, and distinguished by a sort of tumour—containing a clock—on its spire. Here Mr. Davenant halted, and looking up at the tower, remarked:

“A quaint-