Chapter 35: Heart to Heart

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠We shall not accompany our friends on their home-bound journey. Time will fly with greater speed if we relate not the talks and incidents by the way, but simply meet them at London, whither Lady Esmondet had telegraphed Trevalyon of their arrival. Accordingly, on their coming in at the station at 9 p.m., on the evening of the 5th, Lionel, all eagerness, met them.

"So kind of you to meet us, Sir Lio