Vauxhall tube station

He was in no hurry to make for Dulwich.

As he walked along, his thoughts began to turn in a different direction, and on reaching the end of Upper Kennington Lane, he settled the matter by striking towards Vauxhall Station.

A short railway journey and another pleasant saunter brought him to a street off Battersea Park Road and to a china shop over which stood the name of Clover.

In the window hung a card with an inscription in bold letters, "Glass, china, and every kind of fashionable ornament for the table for hire on moderate terms." Mr.