Back in England Tilly called from the kitchen.

"Johnny, come and have a look at this."

He came through from the garden, scraping the soil from his boots before he came in the door.

Tilly was standing by the washing machine looking down into the laundry basket. He came up beside her and put his arm around her shoulder as he looked where she was looking. There, in the laundry basket, was Smut, surrounded by several small furry things. For a moment Johnny thought they might ...