Nor were his conclusions in regard to her such as would commend him in the eyes of honest men.
But, after all, the throne was the fulcrum of his plotting; and the lever had to be the treasure, if his plans were to succeed beyond upsetting.

He changed his plans a dozen times over before he arrived at last at the audacious decision he was seeking.
Like many another Hindoo in that hour of England's need, he did not lose sight altogether of the distant if actual possibility that the Company's servants might--by dint of luck and grit, and what the insurance papers term the Act of God--pull through the crisis.

Therefore, he decided that under no circumstances should Rosemary McClean be treated cavalierly until the Rangars were out of the way and he could pose as her protector if need be.
He would be able to prove that Rosemary and her father had come to him of their own free will.

He would say that they had asked him for protection from the Rangars.

He had evidence that his brother Howrah had been in communication with the Rangars.