“Well, let’s have a look at it.”
Antony took the letter from his pocket and spread it out on the grass between them.
“Mark, your loving brother is coming to see you to-morrow, all the way from Australia. I give you warning, so that you will be able to conceal your surprise but not I hope your pleasure. Expect him at three or thereabouts.”
“No date mentioned, you see,” said Antony. “Just to-morrow.”
“But he got this on Tuesday.”
“Did he?”
“Well, he read it out to us on Tuesday.”
“Oh, yes! he read it out to you.”
Bill read the letter again, and then turned it over and looked at the back of it. The back of it had nothing to say to him.
“What about the postmark?” he asked.