The League, ignoring ways and means, supposed as a matter of course that the campaign was honorably conducted.
For a whole week after the consummation of this part of the deal, Magnus had kept to his house, refusing to be seen, alleging that he was ill, which was not far from the truth.

The shame of the business, the loathing of what he had done, were to him things unspeakable.

He could no longer look Harran in the face.

He began a course of deception with his wife.

More than once, he had resolved to break with the whole affair, resigning his position, allowing the others to proceed without him.