The Curious Quest by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Bliss, committed to an enterprise only the barest details of which he had as yet conceived, went off down the street with Tim and the packing case following close behind. He walked rapidly at first, and without any precise idea of his destination. Tim, who had grown used to inactivity, was beginning to feel somewhat aggrieved.

"How far might you be going, sir?" he cried out presently, pausing to wipe the perspiration from his forehead. Bliss stopped short upon the pavement.