“Heiswell，andhesendshissalaam，buthiscircumstancesaredepressed，andbealsoisdownonhisluck。”
“YoulearnEnglishidiom“attheMissionCollege，itseems。”
“Yes，sir，theyarethebestidioms，andmyfatherorderedmetoaskyourhonortosayawordforhimtothepresentincumbentofyourhonor’sshoes，thelatchetofwhichheisnotworthytoopen，andwhoknowsnotJoseph；forthingsaredifferentatShershahnow，andmyfatherwantspromotion。”
“Yourfatherisagoodman，andIwilldowhatIcanforhim。”
AtthispointatelegramwashandedtoOrde，who，afterglancingatit，saidhemustleavehisyoungfriendwhomheintroducedtoPagett，“amemberoftheEnglishHouseofCommonswhowishestolearnaboutIndia。”