‘Yes, I say of course,’ resumed Mr Squeers, rubbing his knees, ‘but at the same time, when one comes, as I do now, better than two hundred and fifty mile to take a afferdavid, it does put a man out a good deal, letting alone the risk.’

And it occurs to no one that to admit a greatness not commensurable with the standard of right and wrong is merely to admit one`s own nothingness and immeasurable meanness.