London, England.

Edward Gibbon Wakefield looked out of the rain-splattered window and took in the dreary scene with a resigned sigh. Below him people moved with urgency to avoid the downpour and seek adequate shelter from the inclement weather. Even a stray dog looked forlornly out from the protection of a gloomy doorway as he scratched obsessively at a minor annoyance. Wakefield looked up at the smudge of greyness between buildings and blackened chimneys and saw no ...