He leaned down over the rail and held out his hand to her.
"I'm very glad to meet you, Mrs.Beryl King--that is, Carleton," he said, mimicking me.

"Come up and give your dad-in-law a proper welcome." Beryl did.

I wondered how long it had been since dad had been kissed like that.

It made me gulp once or twice to think of all he had missed.
Frosty and Edith came up, then, and Edith shook hands with dad and I introduced Frosty.

Five minutes, there on the platform, went for explanations.