I am assured (and the witness of my own eyes in one instance warrants me in giving credit to the charge) that he constantly enters public-houses, taverns, even low dram-shops, to satisfy his thirst for strong liquor in the very face of day, before the eyes of any one who may happen to be passing.

This is simply abominable If an honourable man has one duty--one social duty--more incumbent upon him than another, it is to refrain from setting an example of intemperance." Serena had listened thus far with a look of growing irritation.

At length she could resist no longer the impulse to speak out.
"But surely, Mr.Vialls, you don't charge Mr.Quarrier with intemperance ?" "I do, Miss Mumbray," replied the clergyman, sternly.

"Intemperance does not necessarily imply drunkenness.

It is intemperate to enter public-houses at all hours and in all places, even if the liquor partaken of has no obvious effect upon the gait or speech of the drinker.