Gunpowder

           

           Mr.JamesHarthouse,‘goingin’forhisadoptedparty,soonbegantoscore.Withtheaidofalittlemorecoachingforthepoliticalsages,alittlemoregenteellistlessnessforthegeneralsociety,andatolerablemanagementoftheassumedhonestyindishonesty,mosteffectiveandmostpatronizedofthepolitedeadlysins,hespeedilycametobeconsideredofmuchpromise.Thenotbeingtroubledwithearnestnesswasagrandpointinhisfavour,enablinghimtotaketothehardFactfellowswithasgoodagraceasifhehadbeenbornoneofthetribe,andtothrowallothertribesoverboard,asconscioushypocrites.

           ‘Whomnoneofusbelieve,mydearMrs.Bounderby,andwhodonotbelievethemselves.Theonlydifferencebetweenusandtheprofessorsofvirtueorbenevolence,orphilanthropynevermindthenameis,thatweknowitisallmeaningless,andsayso;whiletheyknowitequallyandwillneversayso.’

           Whyshouldshebeshockedorwarnedbythisreiteration?Itwasnotsounlikeherfather’sprinciples,andherearlytraining,thatitneedstartleher.

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