Now, you know that, John.' 'You a great eater!' retorted his companion, with no less indignation than before.

'How do you know you are ?' There appeared to be forcible matter in this inquiry, for Mr Pinch only repeated in an undertone that he had a strong misgiving on the subject, and that he greatly feared he was.
'Besides, whether I am or no,' he added, 'that has little or nothing to do with his thinking me ungrateful.

John, there is scarcely a sin in the world that is in my eyes such a crying one as ingratitude; and when he taxes me with that, and believes me to be guilty of it, he makes me miserable and wretched.' 'Do you think he don't know that ?' returned the other scornfully.
'But come, Pinch, before I say anything more to you, just run over the reasons you have for being grateful to him at all, will you?
Change hands first, for the box is heavy.

That'll do.

Now, go on.' 'In the first place,' said Pinch, 'he took me as his pupil for much less than he asked.' 'Well,' rejoined his friend, perfectly unmoved by this instance of generosity.