It consisted of humble houses, and was dreary enough to look upon.

As he sought for No.

93, a sudden nervousness attacked him; he became conscious all at once of the strangeness of his position.

At this hour it was unlikely that Eve would be at home an inquiry at the house and the leaving of a verbal message would discharge his obligation; but he proposed more than that.
It was his resolve to see Eve herself, to behold the face which, in a picture, had grown so familiar to him.

Yet till this moment he had overlooked the difficulties of the enterprise.