"I presume you have courage enough to tell me my faults without the fear
of a snub before your eyes."

"I have the courage, yes. You see I have already received the snub
three or four times, and it has lost its terrors for me."

"In that case, will you be kind enough to tell me what you consider my
faults?"

"If you wish me to."

"I do wish it."

"Well, then, one of them is inordinate pride."

"Do you think pride a fault?"

"It is not usually reckoned one of the virtues."

"In this country, Mr. Trenton, we consider that every person should have
a certain amount of pride."

"A certain amount may be all right. It depends entirely on how much the
certain amount is."

"Well, now for fault No. 2."

"Fault No. 2 is a disregard on your part for the feelings of others.
This arises, I imagine, partly from fault No. 1. You are in the habit of