"We were expecting you.

I am the A.C.G.here, and we've plenty for you to do.
Take a seat, won't you?
I believe I once heard you preach at my brother's place down in Suffolk.

You were at St.Thomas's, weren't you, down by the river ?" Peter warmed to the welcome.

It was strangely familiar, after the past twenty-four hours, to hear himself called "Mr." and, despite the uniforms and the surroundings, he felt he might be in the presence of a vicar in England.

Some of his old confidence began to return.