In all his life, it must constantly be remembered, he tried always the most difficult things.

Just as he tried the queerest metres and attempted to manage them, so he tried the queerest human souls and attempted to stand in their place.

Charity was his basic philosophy; but it was, as it were, a fierce charity, a charity that went man-hunting.

He was a kind of cosmic detective who walked into the foulest of thieves' kitchens and accused men publicly of virtue.

The character of Djabal in _The Return of the Druses_ is the first of this long series of forlorn hopes for the relief of long surrendered castles of misconduct.