The restaurant is the Milan Grill Room on the Strand--the cafe, mind, not the main restaurant.

You know where it is ?" "Quite well, sir, thank you." Mr.Weatherley looked at his employee curiously.
"Have you ever been there, then ?" he inquired.
"Once or twice, sir," Arnold admitted.
"Not on the twenty-eight shillings a week you get from me!" "Quite true, sir," Arnold assented.

"My circumstances were slightly different at the time." Mr.Weatherley hesitated.

This young man's manner did not invite confidences.

On the other hand, he was genuinely curious about him.
"What made you come into the city, Chetwode ?" he inquired.