You are expected to be an attempt at an effort to figure in an attempt at an effort t…

I am an attempt at an experiment in humanity, an endeavour to unite an appeal to the Deity, and an effort to improve the condition of the people.

I am Sir Walter Scott, and have been delineated in my own novel of Quentin Durward, under the name of Quentin Durward, in so far as concerns personal interest, for I am concerned…