An Experiment in Treason
“Yet Sir John was uninterested, dismissing the incident as of little or no importance.
“Such a silly fellow,” said he. “I had heard it said by some that he was a libertine, but I never credited it till now. Still, what surprises me more than his commerce with bawds is that he should appear to you and the rest to be inebriated. He is one — or so I have heard — who keeps close watch upon his health.”
“Strange, is it not. Sir John,” said I, “that one so admirable in so many ways should seem... foolish, even contemptible in others.” (Yes, reader, I confess that I said this, or something quite like it, for in those days I was much given to such priggishness.) “I find that not in the least strange. We are none of us complete human beings — neither completely good, nor completely bad. Why, you may find this difficult to credit, but even I may have a fault or two.”
I let that pass without comment.
Sir John was pleased to hear of Mr.MoreLess
“Such a silly fellow,” said he. “I had heard it said by some that he was a libertine, but I never credited it till now. Still, what surprises me more than his commerce with bawds is that he should appear to you and the rest to be inebriated. He is one — or so I have heard — who keeps close watch upon his health.”
“Strange, is it not. Sir John,” said I, “that one so admirable in so many ways should seem... foolish, even contemptible in others.” (Yes, reader, I confess that I said this, or something quite like it, for in those days I was much given to such priggishness.) “I find that not in the least strange. We are none of us complete human beings — neither completely good, nor completely bad. Why, you may find this difficult to credit, but even I may have a fault or two.”
I let that pass without comment.
Sir John was pleased to hear of Mr.MoreLess
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