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THORNDYKE'S DECISION THAT an immediate answer must be found to my question, "Where is Dr. Peck? " was given effect on the very following morning; when, as our engagements permitted, we set forth together for the pleasant old precinct of Staple Inn. As our business was with the porter, and he was most likely to be found in his lodge by the main gate, we took our way up Fetter Lane and along Holborn until we reached the arched entrance in the ancient timber houses through which the wayfarer in the busy street can get a glimpse of the quiet, secluded quadrangle. And here, passing under the archway, we found the lodge door open and the porter plainly visible within.
Observing that we had halted with an air of business, he came to the door and asked, civilly, what he could do for us.