There followed a few critical comments, and prophecy of achievements to come.
Yes.

But again the uneasy interrogative.
Their acquaintance dated from the year after Warburton's return from St.Kitts.Will had just established himself in his flat near Chelsea Bridge, delighted to be a Londoner, and was spending most of his leisure in exploration of London's vastness.

He looked upon all his earlier years as wasted, because they had not been passed in the city on the Thames.

The history of London, the multitudinous life of London as it lay about him, with marvels and mysteries in every highway and byway, occupied his mind, and wrought upon his imagination.

Being a stout walker, and caring little for any other form of exercise, in his free hours he covered many a league of pavement.