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That he was well acquainted with the sayings and doings of each of them goes without saying , as it was equally so as regarded this more presumptious of the crew `` Conrad the Conqueror . '' There were many , in London especially , who wondered that Apleon did not appear and refute this man 's claims , if they had no foundation . The evident success of the imposter wrought his own downfall . Inflated with his success he publicly declared that Apleon would perish beneath a blast of his -LRB- Conrad 's -RRB- nostrils , and announced that on a certain evening at ten o'clock on St. Paul 's steps he would publicly re-state his claims , and also defy Apleon . In the first year after the Rapture , the whole of the shops and warehouses on both sides of Ludgate hill , with all the purlieus at the back of each range of buildings , had been demolished , so that a huge open space , spreading fan shape , -LRB- the handle at St. Paul 's -RRB- swept out , ever-widening , on the left as far as the approach of Blackfriar 's Bridge , on the right through Farringdon Street to the Viaduct Bridge . Within this space a million people could not only have congregated , but have heard distinctly , without any effort , the merest whisper spoken into the latest phone discovery the `` Hearit . '' As , too , every bit of that open space was many yards below the level of St. Paul 's steps , every one had a perfect view of all that transpired there .