‘It will be so wonderful to see for myself!’Azalea thought.
And yet the fear persisted in her mind that some catastrophe, some change of mind on her aunt’s part, or perhaps an order from the War Office would at the very last moment prevent them from leaving.
The General sailed two days before them on a troop ship which carried reinforcements to the Colony.
Even then, Azalea was half-afraid that illness or an accident would prevent them from reaching Tilbury, but her fears were groundless!
As they stepped out of the train to see the ship waiting for them at the quayside she felt her heart begin to beat with an excitement she had not known since she had left India.
Lady Osmund had been even more than usually disagreeable the last two days before they sailed, and it seemed to Azalea as i
