AndthisI’veperseavedinthecorsofmyexpearantsthroughlife,thatwhenyouvexhim,aroag’snolongeraroag:youfindhimoutatonstwhenhe’sinapassion,forheshows,asitware,hisclovenfoottheveryinstntyoutreadonit。Atleast,thisiswhatYOUNGroagsdo;itrequiresverycoolbloodandlongpractistogetoverthispint,andnottoshowyourpashnwhenyoufeelitandsnarlwhenyouareangry。OldCrabswouldn’tdoit;beinglikeanothernoblemin,ofwhomIheardtheDukeofWellingtonsay,whilewaitingbehindhisgraci’schair,thatifyouwerekickinghimfrombehind,noonestandingbeforehimwouldknowit,fromthebewtiflesmilingigspreshnofhisface。Youngmasterhadn’tgotsofarinthethief’sgrammer,and,whenhewasangry,show’dit。Andit’salsotoberemarked(averyprofowndobservatinforafootmin,butwehavei’sthoughweDOwearplushbritchis),it’stoberemarked,Isay,thatoneofthesechapsismuchsoonermaidangrythananother,becausehonestmenyieldtootherpeople,roagsneverdo;
honestmenloveotherpeople,roagsonlythemselves;andtheslightestthingwhichcomesinthewayofthirbelovedobjectssetsthemfewrious。Masterhadn’tledalifeofgambling,swindling,andeverykindofdebotchtobegood—temperedattheendofit,I
prommisyou。
Hewasinapashun,andwhenheWASinapashn,amoreinsalent,insuffrable,overbearingbrootdidn’tlive。
Thiswastheverypinttowhichmyladywishedtobringhim;forI