The man who signed "Aurelius" had not spared to point out, with a certain melancholy sternness, the plague spots, the defenceless places.

Moreover, throughout his exposition there ran a harsh and sombre thread, now felt in denunciation and now in ironic praise.

There was more than unveiling of the weakness of any human policy or party; the letter was in part a commination of individual conduct.

No name was used, no direct reference given or example quoted; but one with acumen might guess there was a man in mind when the writer sat in judgment.

The writer himself was perhaps not aware of the fulness of this betrayal, but Lewis Rand was aware.