Has he gone on before me, by an earlier vessel?
Or has he directed his flight to some other part of the world?
I shall find out in time.

His day of reckoning will come, and he, too, shall know a violent death! Amen.

So be it.

Amen.
"Have I done now?
Bear with me, gentle Iris--there is a word more to come.
"You will wonder why I went on by the steamship--all the way to South Africa--when I had failed to find the man I wanted, on board.

What was my motive?
You, you alone, are always my motive.