He paused on the steps to reassure himself that the great adventure was genuine.

There was the full stretch of greensward of which only an edge had shown as he looked through the gate.

There were the vast yellow-brick, glass-topped structures of which he had seen but the ends.

And there was the street up which he had looked for so many weeks, flanked by rows of offices and dressing rooms, and lively with the passing of many people.

He drew a long breath and became calculating.