Three days before his scheduled departure, he rose in the morning with the conviction that he must speak with Fraser, somehow. Not in the stiff manner of an interview between paroled prisoner and officer of the Crown-simply a few words, as man to man. If he could have that, he could go back to London with an easy heart, knowing that sometime, somewhere, there was the possibility that they might be friends again, even if that time and place could not be here and now.
Three days prior to his planned departure, the character awoke with a strong desire to have a conversation with Fraser. He did not want the interaction to resemble a formal interview between a parolee and a government officer. Instead, he yearned for a genuine exchange, speaking as equals and friends.
Having this moment with Fraser would bring him peace as he prepared to return to London. It would offer him comfort in knowing that there remains a possibility for their friendship to be rekindled in the future, even if the circumstances for that reconnection were not present at that moment.
