His backward glance was coldly contemptuous.
"What I said, I meant," he replied.

"Extract such comfort from it as you may." He left the room, closing the door softly behind him.

Immelan stared after him, hollow-eyed and anxious.

Already the cold fears were seizing upon him once more.
Prince Shan rejoined Nigel, and the two men drove off to Downing Street.
The former was silent for the first few minutes.

Then he turned slightly towards his companion.
"The man Immelan is a coward," he declared.