But what good to try reason with that there revenue hofficer ?" At this, all his friends set a good laugh up, and wanted to give him a cheer for such a speech; but that being hushed, they were satisfied with condemning his organs of sight and their own quite fairly.
"Lieutenant Carroway," his Worship said, amidst an impressive silence, "I greatly fear that you have allowed zeal, my dear Sir, to outrun discretion.

Robin Lyth is a young, and in many ways highly respected, parishioner of mine.

He may have been guilty of casual breaches of the laws concerning importation--laws which fluctuate from year to year, and require deep knowledge of legislation both to observe and to administer.
I heartily trust that you may not suffer from having discharged your duty in a manner most truly exemplary, if only the example had been the right one.

This gentleman is no more Robin Lyth than I am.".