" Nothing is more deceitful, " said Darcy, " than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."
Now it happened that Jill had the same feeling about twisty passages and dark places underground, or even nearly underground, that Scrubb had about the edges of cliffs.
And let's be quite clear about this without beating about the bush, the plain fact of the matter is that it's a very important question indeed and people have a right to know.
His colleague was by no means of this opinion, and, as he said of himself, " never beating about the bush, " he prescribed, an emetic in order to empty the stomach completely.