The mistake you make is half-starving him.
That makes his temper bad, and--" "I wouldn't say then that ever I heard a cross word out of his mouth," said Sabina, "unless it might be when he'd be talking of Mr.Simpkins or the like." "I suppose he swears then," said Meldon.
"He does terrible." "I don't wonder.

I never swear myself.

Being a clergyman, I can't, of course.

But from what I've seen of Mr.Simpkins, and from what I've heard about him, I should think he'd make most men swear.

Do you know him at all intimately, Sabina ?" "I do not; but the girl that's with him beyond in the house is a cousin of my own, and I hear her talking about him.