Chapter 12

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​⁠The three dinner guests entered together, Lessingham in the middle. Sir Henry's presence was obviously a surprise to all of them.

“No idea that you were back, sir,” Harrison observed, shaking hands.

Sir Henry greeted them all good-humouredly. “I turned up about three quarters of an hour ago,” he explained, “just too late to join you at dinner.”

“Bad luck, sir,” Sinclair remarked. “I hope that you had