I did not learn much. Miss Pole believed that Peter had become something important in Tibet. Mrs Forrester said he had been rather handsome. They both thought the last news of him had come from India. That was almost all I discovered.
Meanwhile, however, something extraordinary was going on around us and we all, even Miss Pole, failed to notice! I remember the morning she came to tell us. It was nearly calling-time. Miss Matty and I had just been discussing Signor Brunoni and that clever Mr Hoggins when someone knocked at the door.
We were hurrying to change our caps when Miss Pole ran up the stairs. ‘It’s not twelve, I know,’ she called, ‘but I must speak to you. What do you think? Mr Hoggins is going to marry Lady Glenmire!’