CHAPTER III

THE EAST AND THE WEST Society had upon the whole been very kind indeed to Bryan. Not content with accepting him at Lord Wessemer’s instigation, it had chosen to make something of a celebrity of him. Here was a man, reported to be rich as Midas, who had actually toiled for his own wealth, with his own hands, and yet presented the _tout ensemble_ of a gentleman of polish and culture, subtly mixed with a dash of pleasing originality. In a week or two after his arrival in London, Bryan found himself a member of several…