His reply, at length, was framed in obedience to the gloomy and remorseful course of his thought.
"It will be no wonder, Guy, if the whole country turn out upon us.

You are too wanton in your doings.

Wherefore when I told you of your error, did you strike the poor wretch again." The landlord, it will be seen, spoke simply with reference to policy and expediency, and deserved as little credit for humanity as the individual he rebuked.

In this particular lay the difference between them.

Both were equally ruffianly, but the one had less of passion, less of feeling, and more of profession in the matter.