Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact.

“Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now …”

“There's just this….an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds …”

“The train slows and lengthens, as we approach London, the centre, and my heart …”

“To give a truthful account of London society at that or indeed at any other tim…”