The end of it all was, of course, the possession of Jocelyn Gordon.

The programme was simple; but, racked as he was by anxiety, weakened by incipient disease, and paralysed by chronic fear, the difficulties were too great to be overcome.

To be a thorough villain one must possess, first of all, good health; secondly, untiring energy; and thirdly, a certain enthusiasm for wrong-doing for its own sake.

Criminals of the first standard have always loved crime.
Victor Durnovo was not like that.

He only made use of crime, and had no desire to cultivate it for its own sake.