Tom Eves, whose cap bore the badge of a certain regiment of Light Infantry, was in the final stage of convalescence from wounds received in action before Amiens.  While in hospital he had learnt that Templeton, taken a prisoner in the early days of the Germans’ spring offensive, was among the first batch of officers repatriated under the terms of the armistice, and on applying to Miss Templeton for her nephew’s address, was astonished and amused to hear that he was hard at work in a little Dorset town within easy reach.