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but as journey took 3 hours it was worth the money for the sake of the seat. On arrival at Waterloo decided to take a taxi see one empty & beckon it. He merely points to the inside & refuses to move. If we want taxi we must walk up to it & this we do as taxi is essential to us. M gets off in Chancery Lane & Major soon afterwards I continue alone to Threadneedle & leave car in Basinghall St & set out to find Chamber. Thanks to a handy tongue & people conveniently placed I find it without difficulty. The square is approached thro an iron gate which leads into an alley & then opens into a Court in the centre of which a large tree flourishes. By an insignificant entrance with winding staircase I find office & am announced as another khaki officer. Mr Alcock is very nice & sends a cable home for me (costs me 6/-) & gives me a letter from Sydney the only one to arrive dated 22/6/18. Enquire where is Charles Agency & Mr Alcock accompanies me to find out & when found it turns out to be closed. This is awkward as we must start tomorrow without any walls. I then walk back to Chancery lane to pick up M. & I now lose myself in this great alley which is only 1 mile square itself. There is little difficulty finding ones way in the alley itself. The Streets are narrow & traffic is not heavy. The tale of asking a policeman to escort you to an island & then rushing the remainder is all a myth. Its not as difficult as Macquarie st & the narrow streets make negotiation easier. Together we tramp through this interesting city. see Trafalgar Square & are admitted members of the Royal Automobile Club then to marble arch a huge & ugly memorial arch composed of white marble which looks coal dirty