On the opposite side of the Circus, and near to St. Andrew’s Church, is situated Thavies Inn, in which _Mrs. Jellyby_ and family resided, in the days when her daughter _Caddy_ acted as amanuensis _in re_ the affairs of Borrioboola-Gha. It is described in “Bleak House” as being “A narrow street of high houses like an oblong cistern to hold the fog.” The house No. 13, on the right, has been indicated as once the disorderly residence of the Jellyby family. We may recollect it as the place where _Esther Summerson_ and _Ada_ were accommodated for their first night in London, on which occasion little unfortunate _Peepy_ was found with his head between the area railings, and the house generally turned upside down; while Mrs. Jellyby serenely dictated her correspondence in the family sitting-room, altogether oblivious of such minor domestic accidents. Esther thus narrates her first impressions:— “Mrs. Jellyby had very good hair, but was too much occupied with her African duties to brush it. The shawl in which she had been loosely muffled dropped on to her chair, when she advanced towards us; and, as she turned to resume her seat, we could not help noticing that her dress didn’t nearly meet up the back, and that the open space was railed across with a lattice work of staylace—like a summer house. . . . ‘You find me, my dears,’ said Mrs. Jellyby, ‘as usual, very busy; but that you will excuse. The African project at present employs my whole time. . . . We hope by this time next year to have from a hundred and fifty to two hundred healthy families cultivating coffee and educating the natives of Borrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger.”—See “Bleak House,” chapter 4. _The Buffet of Messrs. Spiers and Pond_ will be found a short distance eastward from Holborn Circus, on the right, next the terminus of the London, Chatham, and Dover railway. A visit to its welcome “contiguity of shade” is confidently recommended to those who may be disposed for necessary rest and refreshment. RAMBLE IV _Holborn Circus to Tottenham Court Road_