He just avoided that other exasperating trick of treating India as if it was a provincial town and all its inhabitants neighbours.

But he only just avoided it.

Mrs.Carruthers, however, was easily appeased.
"Yes," she said.

"Stella has lived in India for the best part of eight years.

She came out with some friends in the winter, made Captain Ballantyne's acquaintance and married him almost at once--in January, I think it was.