He would undo what he could by sending the money back--the major portion of it.

The remainder he would pay up as soon as he could.

Was there any possibility of his being restored?
This he only hinted at.
The troubled state of the man's mind may be judged by the very construction of this letter.

For the nonce he forgot what a painful thing it would be to resume his old place, even if it were given him.

He forgot that he had severed himself from the past as by a sword, and that if he did manage to in some way reunite himself with it, the jagged line of separation and reunion would always show.