Now We Shan't Never Be Parted

That's an interesting idea, because I think he only risked going up to Maurice's room because he had nothing to lose as he was leaving the country a few days later.

So I think had he not been going, he may well have continued to gaze from afar,although I think if Maurice was an occasional visitor to Penge, they may eventually have managed to get together somehow, but it doesn't seem terribly likely.