Sufficient for the day was the evil, and the good thereof.

Of both he had received full measure.
A period of such reflection could hardly pass without a speculative dive into the future.

If Iris and he were rescued, what would happen when they went forth once more into the busy world?
Not for one instant did he doubt her faith.

She was true as steel, knit to him now by bonds of triple brass.

But, what would Sir Arthur Deane think of his daughter's marriage to a discredited and cashiered officer?
What was it that poor Mir Jan called himself?
--"a disgraced man." Yes, that was it.
Could that stain be removed?
Mir Jan was doing it.