Perfectly useless! He had but one answer to everything they could say: 'My career is closed.' What stuff! "You will ask, naturally enough, what this perverse man is going to do next.

I don't scruple to say that he is bent on committing suicide.
Pray do not be alarmed! There is no fear of the pistol, the rope, or the river.

Julian is simply courting death--within the limits of the law.
"This is strong language, I know.

You shall hear what the facts are, and judge for yourself.
"Having resigned his curacy, his next proceeding was to offer his services, as volunteer, to a new missionary enterprise on the West Coast of Africa.

The persons at the head of the mission proved, most fortunately, to have a proper sense of their duty.