As far as the Persian journey was concerned the palaver was ended.

He did not intend to give me his reasons for staying in England and I could not demand them more insistently.

At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness.
What creature of Jaffery's temperament could be contented with a soft bed in the centre of civilisation, when he had the chance of sleeping in verminous caravanserais with a saddle for pillow?
In spite of his amazing predilections, Jaffery was very human.

He would make a great sacrifice without hesitation; but the consequences of the sacrifice would cause him to go about like a bear with a sore head.
And the cause of the sacrifice?
Obviously Doria.

Once having been admitted to her bedside, he went there every day.