'Tell me,' he cried, 'what connection can there be between Davidson and such a creature as Bamtz ?' "I don't remember now what answer I made.

A sufficient one could have been given in two words: 'Davidson's goodness.' _That_ never boggled at unworthiness if there was the slightest reason for compassion.

I don't want you to think that Davidson had no discrimination at all.

Bamtz could not have imposed on him.

Moreover, everybody knew what Bamtz was.
He was a loafer with a beard.