To save himself there was perhaps nothing that he would stick at.

However, it was his constant wish and prayer that he might not be led into temptation.

He knew well what his particular temptation was, namely this instinct of self-preservation, and constantly thought and meditated about it.

He knew that he was hardly himself when the stress of it came on him; it was like a possession.
Mills, though an excellent partner and a man of most industrious habits, had, so Mr.Taynton would have admitted, one little weak spot.

He never was at the office till rather late in the morning.