Dryfoos will be sure to say something to outrage Lindau's 'brincibles,' and there'll be an explosion.

It's all well enough for Dryfoos to feel grateful to Lindau, and his wish to honor him does him credit; but to have Lindau to dinner isn't the way.

At the best, the old fellow would be very unhappy in such a house; he would have a bad conscience; and I should be sorry to have him feel that he'd been recreant to his 'brincibles'; they're about all he's got, and whatever we think of them, we're bound to respect his fidelity to them." March warmed toward Lindau in taking this view of him.

"I should feel ashamed if I didn't protest against his being put in a false position.

After all, he's my old friend, and I shouldn't like to have him do himself injustice if he is a crank." "Of course," said Fulkerson, with some trouble in his face.