Rae Knew A Great Deal About Richard Ashton.Sharing Her Sisters Judy's Flat,She Lived For A Year With His Photograph: A Dark Handsome Somewhat Commanding Young Man.She Listened To Long Extracts From His Letters,& Built Up A Picturesque If Inaccurate Picture Of His Life In Kenya.She Knew He Declared Himself Heartwhole,& Had Instructed His Sister To Find Him A Wife.Judy Was Enthusiastic.As For Rae, At Least This Promised To Be Unusually Interesting Encounter.