He says I
am his enemy; enemy indeed! So I am in private life, but what has that to
do with business? In business, begad, there are no friends and no enemies
at all. I leave all my sentiment on the other side of Temple Bar."
So Thomas Newcome, and Clive the son of Thomas, had wrath in their hearts
against Barnes, their kinsman, and desired to be revenged upon him, and
were eager after his undoing, and longed for an opportunity when they
might meet him and overcome him, and put him to shame.
When men are in this frame of mind, a certain personage is said always to
be at hand to help them and give them occasion for indulging in their
pretty little passion. What is sheer hate seems to the individual
entertaining the sentiment so like indignant virtue, that he often
indulges in the propensity to the full, nay, lauds himself for the
exercise of it. I am sure if Thomas Newcome in his present desire for
retaliation against Barnes, had known the real nature of his sentiments
towards that worthy, his conduct would have been different, and we should
have heard of no such active hostilities as ensued.
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