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Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought

           Fromameresenseofconsistency,apersecutorisboundtoshowthatthefallenmanisavillainotherwisehe,thepersecutor,isawretchhimself.

           Andasageneralrule,whichmaymakeallcreditorswhoareinclinedtobesevereprettycomfortableintheirminds,nomenembarrassedarealtogetherhonest,verylikely.Theyconcealsomething;theyexaggeratechancesofgoodluck;hideawaytherealstateofaffairs;saythatthingsareflourishingwhentheyarehopeless,keepasmilingface(adrearysmileitis)uponthevergeofbankruptcyarereadytolayholdofanypretextfordelayorofanymoney,soastostaveofftheinevitableruinafewdayslonger."Downwithsuchdishonesty,"saysthecreditorintriumph,andrevileshissinkingenemy."Youfool,whydoyoucatchatastraw?"calmgoodsensesaystothemanthatisdrowning."Youvillain,whydoyoushrinkfromplungingintotheirretrievableGazette?"saysprosperitytothepoordevilbattlinginthatblackgulf.Whohasnotremarkedthereadinesswithwhichtheclosestoffriendsandhonestestofmensuspectandaccuseeachotherofcheatingwhentheyfalloutonmoneymatters?Everybodydoesit.Everybodyisright,Isuppose,andtheworldisarogue.

           ThenOsbornehadtheintolerablesenseofformerbenefitstogoadandirritatehim:thesearealwaysacauseofhostilityaggravated.

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