The Balance of EventsThe book's moral algebra: suffering inflicted returns as suffering received, and love wasted still gets weighed.1The Immutable Lawbefore the voyage, in Rowland's quarrel with Myra2A Starved Love's Revengedeparture day and the first night3The Debt Collectedat Lloyds, with the Royal Age exposed4The Innocent Paysafter Mr. Selfridge's death5The Balanced Endingat the end of the book, with the letter