It is like cutting the chain that holds a wild beast.

The bound but not dead appetite springs into full vigor again, and surprised resolution is beaten down and conquered.

To invite such a man to, an entertainment where wines and liquors are freely dispensed is to put a human soul in peril." "Mr.Birtwell may not have known anything about him," replied Dr.
Angier.
"All very true.

But there is one thing he did know." "What ?" "That he could not invite a company of three hundred men and women to his house, though he selected them from the most refined and intelligent circles in our city, and give them intoxicating drinks as freely as he did last night, without serious harm.

In such accompany there will be some, like Mr.Ridley, to whom the cup of wine offered in hospitality will be a cup of cursing.