That part of the world
 is a cauldron of conflicting intrigue
 and one or other interests concerned probably knew that Mr Gareth
 Jones knew too much of what was going on
 He had a passion for
 finding out what was happening
 in foreign lands wherever there was trouble, and in pursuit of his investigations he shrank from no
 risk.
 
I had always been afraid that he would take one risk too many. 
 Nothing escaped his observation, and he allowed no obstacle to turn from his course when he thought that there was some fact, which he could
 obtain.  
 He had the almost
 unfailing knack of getting at things
 that mattered.