The Trial for Murder: Why are the spooky guys in Piccadilly "going from west to east"

[gavagai]

The Trial for Murder: Why are the spooky guys in Piccadilly "going from west to east"?
I am expecting some street names, for instance going from St. James's Street to XYZ. So I guess "going from west to east" has a special meaning.
What is it?

[Danik 2016]

British Dicken´s fans should be more able to anwer this. But in which of his books was this trial mentioned?

[gavagai]

Hi Danik,
thanks for your answer.
"The Trial for Murder" is an excellent short story which I have in The Selected Illustrated Works of Charles Dickens. The Christmas Books, Ghost Stories & Other Tales. London: Wordsworth Library Collection, 2010.

[Danik 2016]

Hi, gavagai and thanks

I read most of Dickens' works but I didn´t know this story. It´s very good indeed, here is the link, if anyone else wants to read it.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-st...TriaMurd.shtml

But I don´t know if there is any meaning in the ghosts going from west to east. I suppose it depends of what districts lie in their direction. The important thing seems to be their going through crowded Piccadilly without being noticed.

Tried to post this answer twice yesterday but didn´t succeed.

[sandy14]

The Trial for Murder: Why are the spooky guys in Piccadilly "going from west to east"?
I am expecting some street names, for instance going from St. James's Street to XYZ. So I guess "going from west to east" has a special meaning.
What is it?

My guess is that they are moving in the opposite direction of the sun. So, Dickens is using this to emphasise their spookiness.

[Danik 2016]

Maybe, sandy. I can´t see a difference in the direction they take. I think the spookiness is in their looks and in the way they move aroun being noticed only by the narrator.

This story made me think, what those trials would be like if every victim of murder took care that justice would be done.