The man introduced himself as Jerome...

It was in London. A young man in mid-20s appeared in Marylebone (he had actually grown up there, but who keeps faces of noisy schoolboys in memory). Walking along Portland Place – a wide street with an opening to Regent’s Park at its northern end – he was looking around and making notes in his notebook. The police noticed the man showing up mainly in the evenings when it was already dark. He looked serious and dreamy at the same time. They had never seen him doing anything against the law, but the whole situation appeared suspicious enough for the policemen to start the dialogue.