CHAPTER 16: In England Again.
Charlie was received with delight by his father, whom he had not seen since the spring of the previous year.
"Then you got my letter, Charlie ?" Sir Marmaduke asked, when the first greetings were over.

"And yet, I do not see how you could have done so.

It is little over a fortnight since I wrote, and I had not looked for you for another month yet." "I have certainly received no letter, father.

A fortnight ago I was in a Russian prison, and my arrival here, in so short a time, seems to me almost miraculous;" and he then briefly related his singular experiences.
"Now about the letter, father," he said, as he concluded.

"I suppose you must have written to ask me to get leave for a time, as it seems that you were expecting me shortly.