After dinner he did not speak a word to any man, but went early to the office of the newspaper in Trafalgar Square at which he did his nightly work. Here he was lapped in comforts,--if the best of chairs, of sofas, of writing tables, and of reading lamps can make a man comfortable who has to read nightly thirty columns of a newspaper, or at any rate to make himself responsible for their contents.
He seated himself to his work like a man, but immediately saw Lady Carbury's letter on the table before him. 
After dinner he went early to the office of the newspaper in Trafalgar Square where he did his nightly work - and immediately saw Lady Carbury's letter on the table before him.
