Meanwhile, you must be surprised to meet Mr.
Robert Hume-Frazer here so unexpectedly." David luckily grasped his friend's intention.

Such information as he possessed must wait until they were alone.

"How d'ye do, Bob ?" he said, frankly holding out his hand.

"Why have you left us alone all those years, to turn up at last in this queer way ?" The young man's kind greeting, his manly attitude, had an unlooked-for effect.
Robert ignored the proffered hand.

He reached for his hat.
"I feel like a beastly interloper," he growled huskily.