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"Ill is that angel which erst fell from heaven, But not more ill than he, nor in worse case, Who hides a traitorous mind with smiling face, And with a dove's white feather masks a raven, Each sin some colour hath it to adorn. Hypocrisy, Almighty God doth scorn. " Wm. Drummond, 1616.
Dinner proved a trying meal that evening, although Sir Matthew and Mr. Marriott exerted themselves to talk, and were both of them very kind to their small companion. Afterwards they adjourned once more to the study where for the sake of the old lawyer a fire had been lighted.