London Charing Cross

Charing Cross is a junction in London, England, where six routes meet.

"Outside Charing Cross station two girls in tawdry capes were quarrelling and gesticulating, while a man in a round hat, who had just arrived by train, and who appeared to be the cause of the dispute, turned from them both, hailed a hansom, and drove off with a relieved air" (Chapter 17)

As Mary is trying to get to the place where she meets with the editor of her final chapter she has to pass through this chatoic junction, adding to her stress and anxiety.