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           Hecouldnottellmewheretheplaceofworkwassituated,buthehadavagueideathatitwassomekindofa"new-fangledware’us,"andwiththisslenderclueIhadtostartforPoplar. Itwastwelveo’clockbeforeIgotanysatisfactoryhintofsuchabuilding,andthisIgotatacoffeeshop,wheresomeworkmenwerehavingtheirdinner. OneofthemsuggestedthattherewasbeingerectedatCrossAngelStreetanew"coldstorage"building,andasthissuitedtheconditionofa"new-fangledware’us,"Iatoncedrovetoit. Aninterviewwithasurlygatekeeperandasurlierforeman,bothofwhomwereappeasedwiththecoinoftherealm,putmeonthetrackofBloxam. HewassentforonmysuggestionthatIwaswillingtopayhisdayswagestohisforemanfortheprivilegeofaskinghimafewquestionsonaprivatematter. Hewasasmartenoughfellow,thoughroughofspeechandbearing. WhenIhadpromisedtopayforhisinformationandgivenhimanearnest,hetoldmethathehadmadetwojourneysbetweenCarfaxandahouseinPiccadilly,andhadtakenfromthishousetothelatterninegreatboxes,"mainheavyones,"withahorseandcarthiredbyhimforthispurpose. 

           IaskedhimifhecouldtellmethenumberofthehouseinPiccadilly,towhichhereplied, "Well,guv’nor,Iforgitsthenumber,butitwasonlyafewdoorfromabigwhitechurch,orsomethinkofthekind,notlongbuilt. Itwasadustyold’ouse,too,thoughnothin’tothedustinessofthe’ousewetookedthebloomin’boxesfrom."