TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 271 
been little. Nelson and Napoleon, Lee and Frederick 
the Great, Gustavus Adolphus and Marlborough, 
too, were on the small side. 
How very foolish I was ! 
Of a night Ralph would play his violin around the 
twinkling fires. It looked so unlikely an instrument 
in his hands, and yet he made it speak to us like a 
living thing. He was the finest amateur I ever heard. 
Even the Somalis loved to hear him play, and sat in 
charmed groups listening intently. It shows they 
have receptive souls for beauty. I agree with an old 
friend of mine that the man who has no music in his 
soul is fit for “ treasons, stratagems, and spoils.” If 
I haven’t mangled the Immortal One’s words. 
