If not, no harm would be done.
It was then that I came for the first time to this house on Adelphi Terrace, for it was the address Archie had given me.

Walters let me in, and I learned from him that Captain Fraser-Freer had not yet arrived from India.

His rooms were ready--he had kept them during his absence, as seems to be the custom over here--and he was expected soon.
Perhaps--said Walters--his wife remembered the date.

He left me in the lower hall while he went to ask her.
Waiting, I strolled to the rear of the hall.

And then, through an open window that let in the summer, I saw for the first time that courtyard which is my great love in London--the old ivy-covered walls of brick; the neat paths between the blooming beds; the rustic seat; the magic gate.