midday
To avoid infinite questioning , Harvey flung aside his review and went to glance at the _ Times _ . He read the news concerning the great physician . Then , as his pursuer drew near again , he hastily departed . By midday he was at London Bridge . He crossed to the Surrey side , turned immediately to the left , and at a short distance entered one of the vaulted thoroughfares which run beneath London Bridge Station . It was like the mouth of some monstrous cavern . Out of glaring daylight he passed into gloom and chill air ; on either side of the way a row of suspended lamps gave a dull , yellow light , revealing entrances to vast storehouses , most of them occupied by wine merchants ; an alcoholic smell prevailed over indeterminate odours of dampness .