now-populous

Updated: May 25, 2025

The vanguard of the Derby procession now began to show strongly in the shape of the great unwashed climbing the ridge of the hill by the paddock; and I felt I should see some characteristic sights along the road. Bidding good-bye, therefore, to my guide at Epsom, I set out on foot along the now-populous road, mine being the only face turned London-wards.

Charles Maurice Davies - Mystic London:: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis