I had really, I assure you, Miss Eustace.

It was the first time in four years that he had sat with one of his equals, or indeed with any of his countrymen on a footing of equality.

He told me so.

I wish I could remember all that he told me." Willoughby stopped and cudgelled his brains helplessly.

He gave up the effort in the end.
"Well," he resumed, "after Feversham had skulked for a fortnight in Berber, the negro discovered Yusef, no longer selling salt, but tending a small plantation of dhurra on the river's edge.