That man was turnback Haynes.
His trouble was that he had allowed a private and senseless grudge to get uppermost in his mind.

He lived more for the gratification of that grudge than he did for the realization of his own ambitions.
"This confounded Prescott has escaped me, so far, though his last experience was a narrow squeak.

I've had two tries---and, by the great blazes! the third time is said never to fail.

He's in such bad shape now that it won't take much of a push to put him over the edge of physical condition.

But how can I do it ?" So much thought did the turnback give to this problem that he fell further and further behind in general review.