“He has spoken of you.”
Betty thought that Harry Prestwood was very good-looking and, before they had travelled very far, she found it easy to talk to him.
“Tell me about yourself,” Harry suggested. “Vivien told me you have been living in France, which was that country’s gain and our loss.”
Betty dimpled at him,
“That is very kind of you,” she said, “and I am so excited to be back in England and even more excited to be on this wonderful ‘voyage of discovery’.”
Harry laughed.
“Who told you it was that?”
“It must be – when we’re going to such a strange and outlandish country as Siam,”
“That is what I feel,” Harry said, “and it will be my first visit there as well as yours.”
“I am so glad,” Betty said, “I shall not feel so ignorant when I ask a lot of questions and I am sure there wi
