Page:Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and Conduct.djvu/167

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Almighty, Mister Sarpint or Missis Eve. He likes to wriggle out of difficulties, both public and private, in a quiet way. He does not understand the "methods" of plain blunt people who tell him frankly what a sneak he is. He is very ubiquitous, and much more frequently to be met with than his braver twin. And if he should chance to read what I have here set down concerning him, he will probably say as usual: "The woman whom thou gavest" in various forms of anonymous vituperation. But his active policy will remain the same as it ever was—"Mister Adam, he, Clum up a tree!"