I am so glad, said Thaddeus Sholto. Miss Morstan, your father had a very weak heart. It his heart had stronger, he would have been alive today.
Miss Morstan sat down and her face turned very white.
I knew that he was dead, she said. There were tears in her eyes.
Please tell us why we have been Major Shorlto of the Indian Army. He retired from the army about eleven years ago.