"—and ive got a parrot uncle tony bought me and uncle tony says the monsoon will praps fale and the peple wont have anything to eat but weve lots and i like this better than kohat the shops are lovely but there are lots of flees and they bite baba and he cries this is a long letter how are Jackie and noel i got the photograf—"
—(that's the new one on the mantelpiece)—
"—were going to tifin at major hirsts little girls one is called marjorie and were great friends——"
"Where's the other page got to? It was here——"
She found the other page, and continued the reading of the child's letter.
Suddenly Lady Tasker interrupted her.
"Had Jack to borrow money to send them up there?"
"To Murree? I really don't know. Perhaps he had. But as adjutant of the Railway Volunteers he'd have his saloon."
"H'm!... Anyway, the child oughtn't to be there at all. India's no place for children."
"I know, auntie; but what can one do? They do come."