Gondabad, India, June 1863
"Have you seen this, Jack?" Mary tapped the relevant paragraph of the Times with her forefinger. "It"s about your brother."
Captain Jack Windrush looked up from the fishing fly he was tying. "I didn"t know the papers had arrived. What"s William doing now? Winning the Victoria Cross for bravely parading down Pall Mall?"
"He"s making more babies," Mary said. "I"ll read it out to you: “We are pleased to announce that Captain William Windrush of the Royal Malverns has been blessed with a child. The new arrival, William Crimea Windrush, came into this world on the 13th of January 1862. Mother and baby are both well. Captain William Windrush is already the proud father of a three-year-old girl, Helen Sevastopol Windrush.” "
"I"m glad they are both well," Jack said.
