CHAPTER IX.
Norgate had chosen, for many reasons, to return to London as a visitor.
His somewhat luxurious rooms in Albemarle Street were still locked up.

He had taken a small flat in the Milan Court, solely for the purpose of avoiding immediate association with his friends and relatives.

His whole outlook upon life was confused and disturbed.

Until he received a definite pronouncement from the head-quarters of officialdom, he felt himself unable to settle down to any of the ordinary functions of life.
And behind all this, another and a more powerful sentiment possessed him.
He had left Berlin without seeing or hearing anything further from Anna von Haase.

No word had come from her, nor any message.