I feel persuaded that one of the reasons why he chose to be buried in the Matoppo Hills was that, in selecting this lonely spot, he felt that he would not often be called upon to see the place where he would rest one day.
This dread of the unknown, so rare in people of his calibre, remained with him until the end.

It increased in acuteness as his health began to fail.
Then, more than ever, did he entertain and plan new schemes, as if to persuade himself that he had unlimited time before him in which to execute them.

His flatterers knew how to play upon his weakness, and they never failed to do so.

Perhaps this foible explains the influence which Doctor Jameson undoubtedly exercised upon the mind of Rhodes.

He believed himself to be in safety whenever Jameson was about him.