And it would not be easy, scarcely possible, to sit long among the others without drinking a little beer.

It is really no more wrong to drink a little beer than to smoke, he would say; and it would be true.

One pipe would lead to another and one glass of beer to another.

The habit would be formed and at last all his evenings and all his earnings would be spent in the public-house.
She was right, and I had nothing more to say except to wish her success in her efforts.
It is curious that the strongest protests against the evils of the village pubic, which one hears from village women, come from those who are not themselves sufferers.

Perhaps it is not curious.