I. LADY HAIGH’S KIND INTENTIONS
IX. COUNSEL FOR THE PROSECUTION
XV. A LAND OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH
XVI. “ENGLAND’S FAR, AND HONOUR A NAME”
Fifty years ago the great port of Bab-us-Sahel was in its infancy.The modern ranges of wharfs and breakwaters were represented by asingle half-finished pier, and vessels still discharged theirpassengers and cargo a mile from shore, to the imminent peril of lifeand property. The province of Khemistan had only recently come underBritish rule, by an operation which was variously described as “themost shameless piece of iniquity ever perpetrated,” and “theinevitable working of the laws of right and justice”; and theiron-willed, iron-handed old soldier who had perpetrated the iniquityand superintended the working of the laws was determined to open upthe country from the river to the desert and beyond. His enemies werenumerous and loud-voiced an