That, indeed, which I craved for most was forbidden, and I must abide by my lady's wishes; but there were my friends in the Temple.

It was more than a week since I had seen them; in fact, we had not met since the morning of that unhappiest day of my life.

They would be wondering what had become of me.

I rose from the table, and, having filled my pouch from a tin of tobacco, set forth for King's Bench Walk.
As I approached the entry of No.

5A in the gathering darkness I met Thorndyke himself emerging, encumbered with two deck-chairs, a reading-lantern, and a book.
"Why, Berkeley!" he exclaimed, "is it indeed thou?
We have been wondering what had become of you." "It _is_ a long time since I looked you up," I admitted.
He scrutinised me attentively by the light of the entry lamp, and then remarked: "Fetter Lane doesn't seem to be agreeing with you very well, my son.