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When a clever man resolves on a villanous action, he hastens, by the exercise of his cleverness, to get rid of the sense of his villany. With more than his usual alertness, Randal employed the next hour or two in ascertaining how far Baron Levy merited the character he boasted, and how far his word might be his bond. He repaired to young men whom be esteemed better judges on these points than Spendquick and Borrowell, -- young men who resembled the Merry Monarch, inasmuch as --
"They never said a foolish thing, / And never did a wise one. "