Mark smiled as Charlotte gestured for him to come over, two of her companions he already knew but the other lady was an unknown.  After she had been introduced he gave her a polite nod, “Dr. Mark Harman, late of the Indian Army and now with a modest medical practice, very glad to meet you.”<br/><br/>Then he included all of them in his comments, “Hope you all had a pleasant journey? I must admit I had a very pleasant one, the train was comfortable and the meal in first class most enjoyable. The carriage ride showed the countryside off to its best effect. So different the Green of England to the dusty barrenness of the North West Frontier.”<br/><br/>He looked around and then said, “Hopefully there will be no repeat of the unpleasant events at our last meeting.”<br/>He glanced quickly around, just where was that faint music coming from although the howling of dogs then drowned it out.<br/><br/>