I used to tell Powhatan that he'd get the name of a drunkard simply because he could stand what the rest of the world couldn't--and I'll say as much for our friend Gideon." "Do you mean, my dear," inquired Corinna placidly, "that the Governor is honestly dishonest ?" The Judge's suavity clothed him like velvet.

"I know nothing about his honesty.

I doubt if any one does.

He may be a liar and yet speak the truth, I suppose, from unscrupulous motives.

But I am not maintaining that he is entirely right, you understand--merely that like the rest of us he is not entirely wrong.