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Shall I call the day after to-morrow and tell you my adventures ? '' `` I think you 'd better stick to the old plan , and let me have the result of your work in the form of a diary , '' answered Sheldon . And with this the two men parted . It was now half-past two o'clock ; it would be half-past three before Valentine could present himself at the Lawn -- a very seasonable hour at which to call upon Mrs. Sheldon with his offering of a box for the new play . An omnibus conveyed him to Bayswater at a snail 's pace , and with more stoppages than ever mortal omnibus was subjected to before , as it seemed to that one eager passenger . At last the fading foliage of the Park appeared between the hats and bonnets of Valentine 's opposite neighbours . Even those orange tawny trees reminded him of Charlotte .