“Is it really you, Ivor? I had no idea that you were in England!”
“Charles, this is a surprise!” Ivor responded. “We have just arrived. But I can imagine nothing better than you should be the first Englishman to shake my hand.”
“What are you doing here?” Charles asked. “Tell me all. The newspapers say there is a great deal of trouble going on in your country.”
“I am afraid that is true,” Ivor replied. “In point of fact Alvita and I have run away are things are extremely bad and look like getting worse.”
“Then you are wise to escape when it was possible for you to do so,” Charles said. “If I am the first person to welcome you, all I can say is I have often wondered where you were and what you were doing. But, of course, it is a long time since we were at Oxford University togeth
