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`` Very good , '' I said . Upon inquiry I found that the place was two miles away ; and , as our old friend Simmons was still on the cab-stand , I jumped into his cab , and bade him drive me as fast as he could to No. 19 Bellringer Street . I wanted a sense of motion , and a chance of scene . If I had been in Guernsey , I should have mounted Madam , and had another midnight ride round the island . This was a poor substitute for that ; but the visit would serve to turn my thoughts from Julia . If any one in London could do the man good . I believed it was I ; for I had studied that one malady with my soul thrown into it .