CHAPTER SIXFor a moment David was stunned into silence. Then as Stella saw him, she ran forward.
“David, darling!” she cried. “I am here! Are you pleased to see me?”
She threw herself against him and he could not help putting an arm round her, but did not kiss her.
He merely looked down at her and asked,
“What has happened? Why are you in England?”
“Papa had to attend an urgent interview at the War Office and I decided to come along with him. How could you leave India without saying goodbye to me?”
“I thought I did and that you understood.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about, David. Of course I did not understand. But it’s wonderful to see you, although I expected you to be in London.”
“So you drove down here?” he asked as if he was working it out.
He had taken his arm
