" Nor is there any real irreverence in answering thus: for of course it is not the Almighty who puts the questions, but someone audaciously personating Him.

I don't think any one except Beatrice saw me start along the canal path, but they can prove that I knew all about Douglas Romilly's disappearance, because I travelled to America under his name and with his ticket, and deliberately personated him.

Orestes was given to Mr. Powel, and Andromache was excellently personated by the inimitable Mrs. Oldfield.

To the point, he oft personates a rover, and therein conies nearest to himself.