"Did this all really happen to you, Jane?" asked Eve.
"Some of it," replied Jane, smiling.
"And the rest?"
"It is a bit far-fetched; he must have a vivid imagination," said Jane.
Eve laughed.
"You have caused quite a sensation," she said.
Alan went back to general headquarters in France. Eve was as happy as she knew how to be without him, but there was the constant anxiety of what might happen to him.
Alan was not a good correspondent, and he had not much time for writing. Eve knew this and was always glad of a few lines. He came home at intervals for a few days at a time.
Eve loved him and he adored her. Since their marriage he discovered new and surprising traits in her and wondered how he had been so blind as to risk losing her by his delay in asking her to be his wife.
Bernard Hallam and Ella were still at The Forest.