CHAPTER III

THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW LIFE Two days later Bryan found himself in London. He arrived at Waterloo about midday, and was driven straight to one of the great hotels in Northumberland Avenue. Here he engaged a room, and sallying out again, turned westwards. He had commenced life upon a new principle, or rather he was commencing a new life. For the first time he had travelled first-class, for the first time he was staying of his own choice in a fashionable hotel. He walked slowly down Pall Mall, Piccadilly, and Bond Str…