Lorne put off presenting the letter--did not know, indeed, quite how to present it, till his stay in London was half over.

Finally he presented himself with it, as the quickest way, at the office of Mr Chafe's works at Chiswick.
He was cordially received, both there and in Warwick Gardens, where he met Mrs Chafe and the family, when he also met Mr Alfred Hesketh.

Lorne went several times to the house in Warwick Gardens, and Hesketh--a nephew--was there on the very first occasion.

It was an encounter interesting on both sides.

He--Hesketh--was a young man with a good public school and a university behind him, where his very moderate degree, however, failed to represent the activity of his mind or the capacity of his energy.