Up to the moment of disgrace his life has all been sham and illusion; the man he believed himself to be, he never was, and now at the last he knows it.

Once he knows it, he can set about to retrieve his disgrace.

Oh, there are compensations for such a man.

You and I know a case in point." Sutch no longer doubted that Durrance was deliberately referring to Harry Feversham.

He had some knowledge, though how he had gained it Sutch could not guess.