“What is his name?” asked Syme.

“You would not know it,” answered Gregory. “That is his great­ness. Caesar and Na­po­leon put all their genius into be­ing heard of, and they were heard of. He puts all his genius into not be­ing heard of, and he is not heard of. But you can­not be for five minutes in the room with him without feel­ing that Caesar and Na­po­leon would have been chil­dren in his hands.”