But this piece is not a drama; it is a study of soul-situations, and none of them are of any vital importance.

There is far too great an improbability in the conception of Charles.

A weak man in private becomes a strong man in public life.

To represent him, having known and felt his strength, as relapsing into his previous weakness when it endangers all his work, is quite too foolish.

He did not do it in history.