The villages by the water-side are so close together, that Pera may be said to extend from Tophan to the forts beyond Bujukder.

And that night he slept better than he had ever slept in Pera.

I walked back to Pera light-heartedly, with an instinctive knowledge that opportunity was in the offing.

An hour or two afterwards I was striding along Pera with a military policeman at my heels.