title: Bloody London: A Shocking Guide to London's Gruesome Past and Present
author:  Declan McHugh 
description: Gloriously grisly, <i>Bloody London </i>is perfect for planning a spooky day out.--David G Taylor"London Planner" (10/01/2012)
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  # Okewood of the Secret Service
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Valentine Williams
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ###  CHAPTER I. THE DEPUTY TURN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Mr. Arthur Mackwayte slipped noiselessly into the dining-room and
  
  
  took his place at the table. He always moved quietly, a look of
  
  
  gentle deprecation on his face as much as to say: "Really, you
  
  
  know, I can't help being here: if you will just overlook me this
  
  
  time, by and by you won't notice I'm there at all!" That was how
  
  
  he went through life, a shy, retiring little man, quiet as a
  
  
  mouse, gentle as a dove, modesty personified.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  That is, at least, how Mr. Arthur Mackwayte struck his friends in
  
  
  private life. Once a week, however, he fairly screamed at the
  
  
  public from the advertisement columns of "The Referee":
  
  
  "Mackwayte, in his Celebrated Kerbstone Sketches. Wit! Pathos!
  
  
  Tragedy!!! The Epitome of London Life. Universally Acclaimed as
  
  
  the Greatest Portrayer of London C