text:  Like the return of the classical Bacchus from his Indian conquests the demigod " and he now cast a look at Fox "secure of supremacy exulting in his prowess and thinking the civilized world at his feet; but not without the companionship of his trusty Silenus"--and here he turned his glance on the noble lord--"that veteran follower whose ambition is limited to his cups and the vigour of whose fidelity is shown only in the constancy of his intoxication; the whole procession being drawn by the wild lords of the forest and the wilderness who harnessed as they may be for the moment will no sooner find their food stinted than they will resume the natural instincts of the lion and the tiger turn on their drivers and devour them