He almost fancied himself to be Christian going through Vanity Fair.
He went first to Colin's old address in Regent's Place.

He did not expect to find him there, but it might lead him to the right place.
Number 34 Regent's Place proved to be a very grand house.

As he went up to the door, an open carriage, containing a lady and a child, left it.

A man dressed in the Crawford tartan opened the door.
"Crawford ?" inquired Tallisker, "is he at home ?" "Yes, he is at home;" and the servant ushered him into, a carefully-shaded room, where marble statues gleamed in dusk corners and great flowering plants made the air fresh and cool.

It as the first time Tallisker had ever seen a calla lily and he looked with wonder and delight at the gleaming flowers.