The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing with one's kind, one ought to have acquired the habit of being able to know something about one's fellow beings. But one doesn't

“Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Engl…”

“I know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that …”

“Well, then, he ought to write her a letter. He ought to say: 'This is to tell y…”

“If for nine years I have possessed a goodly apple that is rotten at the core an…”