Sentence:  We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the <WSD>prospect</WSD> of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.