The judge.

A quote from McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The judge in the novel is such a fantastic, almost epic character. He appears supremely reasonable while often perpetrating stunning acts of violence.

"The judge had been holding the femur upright in order to better illustrate its analogies to the prevalent bones of the country about and he let it fall in the sand and closed his book.

There is no mystery to it, he said.

The recruits blinked dully.

Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.

He rose and moved away into the darkness beyond the fire. Aye, said the expriest, his pipe cold in his teeth. And no mystery. As if he were no mystery himself, the bloody old hoodwinker."