Russell Bedford is a gloomy and lonely hermit, without friends and “not knowing the words of love.” He despises affection and does not have permanent lovers. I was an exception, when I once found myself in a mysterious city that looked suspiciously like Victorian London. Powerful houses, crime on the streets and a mysterious killer hot on my heels...Bedford believes that I am lucky: after all, until he solves all my secrets, he will not allow me to be killed. But we have different ideas about luck, Mr. Bedford! Since then I survived when I got here - I don’t intend to sit and wait with folded hands until they figure me out or kill me!