Mr. G. Well, sir, the application is without precedent, and I must decline it; but this I beg to do as courteously as the application has been made uncourteously.
Mr. L. Oh, it is easy to be polite when you’ve got no heart.
Mr. G. You are the first ever brought that charge against me. Now, have you nothing to say to us on your own account?
Mr. L. Not a word!
Mr. G. But suppose I could suggest a way by which you could carry on your trade here and offend nobody?
Mr. L. I should decline to hear it. You and I are at war on that. You have done your worst, and I shall do my best to make you all smart for it, the moment I get a chance.
Mr. G. So be it, then!
Pilgrim’s Progress.
John Bunyan.