"Willie looked at Mr Darsy with a smile of conscious integrity, and of calm contempt at once of the slander and the judgment of the slanderer. The unsuspecting Mr Darsy returned the look, attributing Sandy's decision to prejudice.
"'Come now, Sandy,' said the farmer, 'forget that you have any interest to serve in this matter, and deal fairly between man and man.'
"'But it's no between man and man, sir,' said Sandy; 'it's between man and a horse-jockey; and it's weel kent that's no a fair match. It wad tak the deil himsel to deal wi' a horse-couper.'
"Willie smiled again the smile of conscious innocence; and, turning to Mr. Darsy, said—
"'I rather think ye will agree wi' me, sir, that
'Honour and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part'—
and he looked expressively at Sandy—
there all the honour lies.'
"'Unquestionably,' replied Mr Darsy, 'it is
'Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.'