Respuesta :
Answer:
A cramped, untidy, and dismal space.
Explanation:
The dectective is narrating how he was investigating a case, his investigation lead him to a dark and dirty street. The surroundings already tell us that anything close to that place would probably be the same. Imagine yourself walking thorugh an ugly part of your city, you would expect that the things located there will have a similar aspect to the exterior one. In this case, the detective was surprised because he found a "spacious, neat, and clean" office that contrasted to the street.