The next day, when Sir John suddenly proposed that he go out to Japat as the firm's representative, he leaped at the chance.

There would be no difficulty about certain little irregularities, such as his nationality and the fact that he was not a member of the London bar: Sir John stood sponsor for him, and the islanders would take him on faith.
In truth, Rasula was more than glad to have the services of an American.
He had heard Wyckholme talk of the manner in which civil causes were conducted and tried in the United States, and he felt that one Yankee on the scene was worth ten Englishmen at home.

Doubtless he got his impressions of the genus Englishman by observation of the devoted Bowles.
The good-looking Mr.Chase, writhing under the dread of exposure as an international jackass, welcomed the opportunity to get as far away from civilisation as possible.

He knew that the Prince Karl story would not lie dormant.

It would be just as well for him if he were where the lash of ridicule could not reach him, for he was thin-skinned.
We know how and when he came to the island and we have renewed our short acquaintance with him under peculiar circumstances.