So there he was.

The meeting between the two was affectionate but peculiar.
"Hullo, dad!" said Stephen.

"Whoever would have thought of seeing you here ?" "Hullo, Stephen," said his father.

"Whoever would have expected to find you alive and looking well--yes, very well?
It is more than you deserve, you young ass, and I hope you won't do it again." Having delivered himself thus, the old boy seized Stephen by the hair and solemnly kissed him on the brow.
"No, dad," answered his son, "I don't mean to do it again, but thanks to Allan there we've come through all right.

And, by the way, let me introduce you to the lady I am going to marry, also to her father and mother." Well, all the rest may be imagined.