En temps ordinaire, on y distinguait une allée étroite dont l’argile jaunâtre perçait a travers des graviers trop rares ; ça et la, quelques plantes étiolées y poussaient péniblement. Comme clôture, un mur de brique haut d’un metre a peine et surmonté d’une grille en bois.
The whole place was very sloppy from the rain which had fallen through the night. The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within.