He had now the power to act upon it.
He was extraordinarily averse to the prospect.

Was it mere petulance that had swung round his opinions so violently during the journey?
He examined himself and found his new convictions unshaken.

It was what the hot-gospellers would call a "Holy Ghost conversion." Well, let it rest there.

Why spread the news beyond his own home?
There were doctors enough inspecting the health of the State.

Let his part be to stand aside.
With something like fear he recognised that that part was no longer possible.