“As bad as all that?” Lucilla said gayly.
“Worse,” they both answered her instantly.
“Why didn’t you tell me, Tony?” Mrs. Crespin asked severely.
“You mightn’t have come,” her husband told her, “and I rather wanted you to.”
Lucilla blushed.
“Don’t mind us,” Bruce said encouragingly.
Dr. Crossland looked out over the water.
But it was to him that she said, “Please tell me about Sumnee.”
“Well,” he began, “it’s hot.”
“Of course,” Lucilla interrupted him scornfully, “it’s India. Even I know that. Even in Surrey we have heard that it is warm in the Punjab.”