There is something in this Greek race yet; they
will become a powerful Levantine nation in the course of time.'
In 1861 Jenkin left the service of Newall & Co., and entered into
partnership with Mr. H. C. Forde, who had acted as engineer under the
British Government for the Malta-Alexandria cable, and was now
practising as a civil engineer. For several years after this business
was bad, and with a young family coming, it was an anxious time for him;
but he seems to have borne his troubles lightly. Mr. Stevenson says it
was his principle 'to enjoy each day's happiness as it arises, like
birds and children.'
In 1863 his first son was born, and the family removed to a cottage at
Claygate, near Esher. Though ill and poor at this period, he kept up
his self-confidence. 'The country,' he wrote to his wife, 'will give
us, please God, health and strength. I will love and cherish you more
than ever. You shall go where you wish, you shall receive whom you
wish, and as for money, you shall have that too. I cannot be mistaken.
I have now measured myself with many men. I do not feel weak. I do not
feel that I shall fail. In many things I have succeeded, and I will in
this.... And meanwhile, the time of waiting, which, please Heaven, shall
not be so long, shall also not be so bitter.
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