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There was a pink glow in the sky just at the back of St. Paul's Cathedral when Bliss drove once more up the hill into Covent Garden. He found the place which his trolley had occupied taken, and he had hard work to push his way to the front. One by one, however, he somehow or other managed to deliver his notes and collect his fruit and vegetables.
"Where's old Mott?" the first man asked him. "Don't know," Bliss replied. "I was engaged by Mrs. Mott. I heard that Mr. Mott had gone off."