I seem to stand beside myself and jeer all the while.

Besides, it would be opposing complete sincerity with a very shady substitute.

That man Stocks is at least an honest fool.

I met him the other day after he had been talking some atrocious nonsense.

I asked him as a joke how he could be such a humbug, and he told me quite honestly that he believed every word; so, of course, I apologized.