I daresay we shall get rid of the remainder tomorrow.

I don't suppose many of the soldiers stationed down by the gate have come up yet; but when they hear that we sell cheaply, some of them will be here tomorrow.

We have made no money by the transaction, but at any rate we shall have got back the outlay.

Of course, I should not have cared if we had got nothing back.

Still, it is satisfactory to have cleared oneself.
"I wonder how Ibrahim is getting on, down in the wood." "He won't be expecting us today," Surajah replied, "but I have no doubt he will begin to feel anxious by tomorrow night.