Oh, there was no danger! If long and (until the other day) faithful service were not sufficient, at least there was guarantee in the good patron's sense of benefits conferred.
Moreover, Brother Copas was not desirable as an amanuensis.

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None the less, poor men with long families will start at the shadow of a fear; and Mr.Simeon started.
"Master," he said humbly, choosing the title by which his patron liked to be addressed, "I think Greek accents must come by gift of the Lord." "Indeed ?" The Master glanced up.
"I mean, sir"-- Mr.Simeon extended a trembling hand and rested his fingers on the edge of the writing-table for support--"that one man is born with a feeling for them, so to speak; while another, though you may teach and teach him--" "In other words," said the Master, "they come by breeding.

It is very likely." He resumed his reading: '-- and yet possessing all things.