Elizabeth.

No, I know that you are troubled.

Carlyon.

I have had letters from Rajpoor; that man Adene has come back across the frontier from Bhojâl. And that's not all; read this. [Gives her a letter.

Elizabeth.

[Reading.] Well, when once you let him go——

Carlyon.

A sick half-dying man like that—the chances were enormous against his ever returning.

Elizabeth.

[Reading.] What is all this long description of the man who has come back with him? "A huge one-armed Mahometan——"