Yes, perhaps that's the case.

[ He laughed, lowly. ] I believe London would see me as the child twice removed at this point. She and I never quite worked.

[ But he was still very obviously an englishman. Just an expatriate, who brought what he wanted across the ocean, and left the rest on London behind. He brought the best of it over, as far as he was concerned. ]

But I believe that may be because people like you and I become fixtures. Of course we would be tolerated. A city wouldn't be quite herself, without their regulars.