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THERE is in London a permanent section of society which is loosely described as "the underworld," but which the police, a little flippantly but accurately, talk about as "the regulars."
They are men who know intimately almost every county jail in England, and can tell you the dietary and advantages or disadvantages of each. They are larcenists, kite men, con. men and their assistants, housebreakers, burglars, professional swindlers and the higher grades of the begging-letter fraternity.