`` i will be pushed off into the countryside with vague promises of some other occasions in future , which will never come-unless dom da camara decides to try and induce their lordships to bring me under charges , which i can not discount- '' `` pardon me , '' gong su said , gently breaking into this morose ramble , which trailed away low but showed no sign of immediately concluding , `` but you need not return to england first : the ship may carry you to china , instead . ''