Tom Holland

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Yes, that is its reputation.

And Millers Court was one of a number of yards that kind of stretched off Dorset Street.

that had helped to give it that reputation.

And since the layout of Miller's Court is quite important to understanding the episodes that we're going to be describing in the next 20 or so minutes, let's give a description of it.

So Miller's Court is accessed by a narrow covered alley that leads off Dorset Street.

into what had once been a garden, but has since been lined on either side of the walls of the garden with dilapidated two-story buildings.

So it is very claustrophobic, it's very airless, and even by day it is shrouded in a kind of Stygian gloom.

There are three privies that are set against the back wall.