“Yes, that’s all right; but it has cost me three days, and time is money. I am a busy man, and these three days are lost for ever.”
“Oh, you English!” answered the judge. “You are always saying that time is money! How are you to get your three days back? I will tell you. Take them out of next week. Surely there are plenty more days!”
Charity.—The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
[“OUR HERO.”]
A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO.
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of “Sun, Moon and Stars,” “The Girl at the Dower House,” etc.
CHAPTER XXII.
A BITTER EXPERIENCE.