I wrote to him by Mrs Wilcox's request.

He is an officer in India in the Hussars.

I have had no reply, and cannot be sure that the letter has reached him, as I see that his regiment has been dispatched to Afghanistan." "Did you never hear from the nurse ?" asked Jeffreys.
"Never." "And was it thought Forrester would recover ?" "I believe it was thought that if he got special treatment in a hospital his life might be spared." This then was all Jeffreys could hear.

Jonah Trimble might be right after all.

How he abused himself for flying from York as he had done without extracting the truth first! It was too late now.