It _was_ a gross impertinence in Daniel to address him thus.

What was the use of wealth if it did not exempt one from the petty laws binding on miserable hand to mouth toilers! He would have done with Emma Vine; his time was of too much value to the world to be consumed in wranglings about a work-girl.

What if here and there someone believed the calumny?
Would it do Emma any harm?
That was most unlikely.

On the whole, the misunderstanding was useful; let it take its course.

Men with large aims cannot afford to be scrupulous in small details.