Who is going to sneer at a great man ?" "I the first," replied Paul bitterly, his self-judgment warped by the new knowledge of the vanities and unsubstantialities on which his life had been founded.

"I a great man, indeed!" "A very great man.

A brilliant man I knew long ago.

A brave man I have known, in spite of my pride, these last two or three awful weeks.

But last night I knew you were a great man--a very great man.