"You relate mere facts--have you no suppositions, no questions in your mind about the man ?" "I want to know what his purpose in life may be.

There is a purpose--one sees it in his face.

I want also to know what he does with his spare time; he must have much to dispose of in England." Vassili nodded, and suddenly launched into detail.
"Prince Pavlo Alexis," he said, "is a young man who takes a full and daring advantage of his peculiar position.

He defies many laws in a quiet, persistent way which impresses the smaller authorities and to a certain extent paralyzes them.

He was in the Charity League--deeply implicated.