Anno Dracula (Page 54)
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
On November the 9th, 1888, Genevieve Dieudonne and Charles Beauregard left Toynbee Hall at almost precisely four ante meridiem. Dawn was still hours off, the moon clouded over. The fog, although slightly thinned, was sufficient to impair even a vampire's night-sight. Nevertheless, their journey was accomplished swiftly.
Genevieve and Beauregard proceeded along Commercial Street, turned west into Dorset Street by the Britannia, a public house, and sought out the address they had for Mary Jane Kelly. Miller's Court was accessible through a narrow brick archway on the north side of Dorset Street, between Number 26 and a chandler's shop.
Genevieve and Beauregard expended a few moments on determining which doorway gave entrance to Number 13, a single-room dwelling at the ground-floor back of 26 Dorset Street. They were drawn by a line of thin red firelight spilling on to the doorstep.
The quarter-hour had not yet sounded. By the time of their arrival, Dr John Seward had been at his work for more than two hours. The door of 13 Miller's Court was not locked.