I had got another place in St.Hellers, but I couldn't stand worrying about him, and wondering if he was well treated.

And I didn't like the way she wouldn't tell me where she lived.

I had my savings, too; so I gave up my place, and came to London to look for her.

I knew she lived in South London from something she let drop; and I took a room in Lambeth and looked for her in neighbourhoods which would be likely for her to live in.

But it's a large place, sir, and I was months and months doing it, moving from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.
I used to trapse and trapse about all day, and at night I used to go into Publics, the saloon bars as well as the common bars, for I didn't know which class she really belonged to.