The next day the tidings were worse.

He foresaw that he would have to work the men half time, and there had never been so many large and peremptory orders on hand.

It was all very unfortunate to him.
Tallisker's self-reproaches were his own; he resented them, even while he acknowledged their truth.

He wished he had built as Selwyn advised; he wished Tallisker had urged him more.

It was not likely he would have listened to any urging, but it soothed him to think he would.