When they had turned the corner they felt very much relieved.
They had escaped.
It was their second attempt.

The first, made in daylight, had completely failed.

Their cab had been followed to Paddington Station by three other cabs containing the representatives and the cameras of three Sunday newspapers.

A journalist had deliberately accompanied Priam to the booking office, had heard him ask for two seconds to Weymouth, and had bought a second to Weymouth himself.

They had gone to Weymouth, but as within two hours of their arrival Weymouth had become even more impossible than Werter Road, they had ignominiously but wisely come back.
Werter Road had developed into the most celebrated thoroughfare in London.