I have referred already to this circumstance.

Whilst refusing to admit such a possibility, yet I must own that the influence, and even the authority exercised by the Doctor on his chief, had something uncanny about it.

My own opinion has always been that Rhodes' attitude arose principally from his conviction that Jameson was the only one who understood his constitution, the sole being capable of looking after his health.

Curious as it may seem, I am sure the Colossus had an inordinate fear of death and of illness of any kind.

He knew that his life was not a sound one, but he always rebelled against the idea that, like other mortals, he was subject to death.