It was evident that he was anxious to display his new possession, and Tommy frowned a little over that episode, realizing fully why Stella touched so lightly upon it.

For some reason his dislike of Dacre was increasing rapidly, and he read the letter very critically.

It was the first with any detail that she had written.

From Rawal Pindi they had journeyed on to exquisite Murree set in the midst of the pines where only to breathe was the keenest pleasure.

Stella spoke almost wistfully of this place; she would have loved to linger there.
"I could be happy there in perfect solitude," she wrote, "with just Peter the Great to take care of me." She mentioned the Sikh bearer more than once and each time with growing affection.