It's just a word picture of Trafalgar Square on a weekday evening. The drunk old soldier isn't really significant, or a character in his own right, the point is the insignificance, that he is the only thing that happens. I don't think there's a connection between him and the fantasy "stranger in the night"
About as much happens to the lions as happens to the girl.
It sounds very negative, put like that, but I don't take it all that seriously: it's just a very atmospheric picture of a particular scene.
It's just a word picture of Trafalgar Square on a weekday evening. The drunk old soldier isn't really significant, or a character in his own right, the point is the insignificance, that he is the only thing that happens. I don't think there's a connection between him and the fantasy "stranger in the night"
About as much happens to the lions as happens to the girl.
It sounds very negative, put like that, but I don't take it all that seriously: it's just a very atmospheric picture of a particular scene.