Violet Oliver had enheartened him to make the most of it, and calling up the image of her face before him, he had striven so to do.

There were his plans for the regeneration of his country.

And lo! here at Lahore, three days after he had set foot on land, they were shattered--before they were begun.

He had been trained and educated in the West according to Western notions and he was now bidden to go and rule in the East according to the ideals of the East.
Bidden! For the quiet accent of authority in the words of the unobservant man who rode beside him rankled deeply.

He had it in his thoughts to cry out: "Then what place have I in Chiltistan ?" But though he never uttered the question, it was none the less answered.
"Economy and quiet are the two things which Chiltistan needs," said the Commissioner.