I did not think you had been so severe, Grandison. Your humane heart has often——
CHARLES.
You are mistaken, William; indifference in this case would prove rather that I had a weak than a good heart. I may forgive a cheat practised on myself, and I would do it as far as was consistent with my honour, but I must, when I see a fellow-creature deceived, exert myself to maintain his right.
WILLIAM.
Many who are called Christians think there is no harm in cheating a Jew, but my mother has given me a very different definition of humanity.
CHARLES.
A Jew is a man as well as we are, and we ought no more to cheat a Jew or a Turk, than we would a Christian: we must not despise, much less hate, those who profess a different religion: created by the same God, we are all brethren.
WILLIAM.
But how will you contrive to get the five guilders from the baron?
The approach of the gentlemen interrupted us, and your brother stood musing a short time.