I'd like to have your opinion on this, now; that is, if you will find the decanter and a glass in the cupboard yonder--and if you have no conscientious objection." Mr.Simeon murmured, amid his thanks, that he had no objection.
"I am glad to hear it.

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Between ourselves, there is always something lacking in an abstainer--as in a man who has never learnt Greek.