For the first time, 1 walked through the narrow streets
of east London, streets that I had seen before only
through the window of a cab. People think that
murders happen in dark, empty streets. That is not
always true. A strange and horrible fact about the
streets where Jack the Ripper murdered women is
that they were busier and better lit than most other
London streets. They were full of pubs and cheap
hotels. At all hours the streets were full of people who
were too poor to find a bed anywhere, drunks
looking for a bar that never closed, and all kinds of
criminals. Finally, there were the women - those
women who work only at night, when their more
honest sisters are asleep.