It seemed I was going to be made the scape-goat.

I did not care.

I would not have taken a year of Sir Louis' pay for those two days and nights.

When he spoke again I expected something drastic addressed to me, but I was wrong.
"An official apology is due to you, Sheikh Abdul Ali.

Permit me to offer it, together with my profound regret for any slight personal inconvenience to which you may have been subjected in course of this--ah--entirely unauthorized piece of--ah-- brigandage.