11/12 How sad, Mr.Smith, that he will swear so. I do not like to say it; and yet you must have heard him too often yourself.' 'It is hardly a sin with him now, I think. He has become so habituated to it, that he attaches no meaning or notion whatsoever to his own oaths. I have heard him do it with a smiling face to the very beggar to whom he was giving half-a-crown. We must not judge a man of his school by the standard of our own day.' 'Let us hope so,' said Argemone, sadly. |