London
Two Days Later
Daniel sat comfortably and relaxed at the Great Court restaurant near the center of the British Museum. The extravagant, latticed glass roof enclosed the courtyard between the mansion buildings. The long, flowing steel rods formed triangular frames where the glass panes were attached. The rods’ shadow reflected onto the ground like silhouettes of trusses warming the space as the clouds and sun traversed the sky. Daniel looked around at the limestone ground floor filled with visitors walking in and out of the museum including the numerous exhibit rooms filling all six levels. Two massive totem poles stood like sentries guarding the museum. In the middle of the courtyard was a circular reading room. Daniel imagined innumerable scholars from all over Europe and the wor
