MR.

SIMEON MAKES A CLEAN BREAST.
"I won't say you sold the pass," snarled Brother Warboise, "though I might.

The fact is, there's no trusting your cleverness.
You see a chance of showing-off before the Bishop, and that's enough.
Off you start with a lecture on architecture (which he didn't in the least want to hear), and then, when he finds a chance to pull you up, you take the disinterested line and put us all in the cart." "You hit it precisely," answered Brother Copas, "as only a Protestant can.

His eye is always upon his neighbour's defects, and I never cease to marvel at its adeptness.

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