And they were not namby-pamby oaths, or mere expressions of indecency.

Each word was a blasphemy, and there were many words.

They crisped and crackled like electric sparks.

I had never heard anything like it in my life, nor could I have conceived it possible.

With a turn for literary expression myself, and a penchant for forcible figures and phrases, I appreciated, as no other listener, I dare say, the peculiar vividness and strength and absolute blasphemy of his metaphors.