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He is
still puzzling, you perceive, which sins ought to be included and which
left out. Now that particular offence of which our millionaire is
accused happens to have been left out of consideration so far."
"Why has it been left out?" enquired the bishop.
"Nomadic habits. And besides--Moses, don't forget, is a kindly old
fellow, who likes people to have as much harmless amusement as
possible; he is not always sniffing about to discover evil. But Aaron,
or some other old family friend of his, thinks differently. He is a
person such as we all know--a sour-faced puritan who has lost the vigour
which people, rightly or wrongly, attribute to van Koppen. This man
forgets what he used to do in his own youthful days; he comes up to
Moses, professing to be horrified at this particular offence. 'These
young people,' he says, 'the way they go on! It's a sin, that's what it
is. And you, Moses, I'm ashamed of you. This sort of thing ought to be
stopped. It ought to be publicly reprimanded in those blessed Tables of
yours.


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