"Do you realise," said Peter as they turned out of the dark Manor drive into the moonlit road, "that I've been here on and off over a month, and that we are now nearly at the end of July?"
"You've only just come to us," said Jan. "You can't count the time you stayed at 'The Green Hart' as a visit."
"And now I have come ... I'm not quite sure I've done wisely, unless...."
"Unless what?"
"Unless I can put something through that I came back from India to do."
Jan did not answer. They walked on in silence, and Peter looked at the moon.
"I think," he said, "you've always had a pretty clear idea why I came home from India ... haven't you?"
"It was time for your leave," Jan said ner