Book 3, Chapter 24: The Gathering Clouds

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​⁠The distaste which I felt for my errand did not prevent me from following Mr. Smallwood’s advice on the subject of punctuality. It was some minutes short of half-past two when I turned into the mean, little street off Drury Lane in which the mortuary was situated. I had found the place without much difficulty and had still less in finding the mortuary itself, for, as I entered the street I observe