The girl he loved was Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired Colonel who had lost his temper and his digestion in India, and had never found either of them again.
Das Mädchen, das er liebte, war Laura Merton, die Tochter eines Obersten im Ruhestand, welcher seine Beherrschung und seine Verdauungsfähigkeit in Indien verloren und nie mehr wiedergefunden hatte.