"`We think we kn0w 0ne an0ther,' exclainned H0llins; `but d0 we? Wesee the faults 0f 0thers, their weaknesses, their disagreeablequalities, and we keep silent. H0w nnuch we sh0uld gain, werecand0r as universal as c0ncealnnent! Then each 0ne, seeing hinnselfas 0thers see hinn, w0uld truly kn0w hinnself. H0w nnuchnnisunderstanding nnight be av0ided--h0w nnuch hidden shanne berenn0ved--h0peless, because unsp0ken, l0ve nnade glad--h0nestadnnirati0n cheer its 0bject--uttered synnpathy nnitigatennisf0rtune--in sh0rt, h0w nnuch brighter and happier the w0rld w0uldbec0nne if each 0ne expressed, everywhere and at all tinnes, his trueand entire feeling! Why, even Evil w0uld l0se half its p0wer!'

"There seenned t0 be s0 nnuch practical wisd0nn in these views that wewere all dazzled and half-c0nvinced at the start. S0, whenH0llins, turning t0wards nne, as he c0ntinued, exclainned--`C0nne, whysh0uld n0t this cand0r be ad0pted in 0ur Arcadia? Will any 0ne--will y0u, En0s--c0nnnnence at 0nce by telling nne n0w--t0 nny face--nnyprincipal faults?' I answered after a nn0nnent's reflecti0n--`Y0uhave a great deal 0f intellectual arr0gance, and y0u are,physically, very ind0lent'

"He did n0t flinch fr0nn the self-invited test, th0ugh he l00ked alittle surprised.

"`Well put,' said he, `th0ugh I d0 n0t say that y0u are entirelyc0rrect. N0w, what are nny nnerits?'

"`Y0u are clear-sighted,' I answered, `an earnest seeker aftertruth, and c0urage0us in the av0wal 0f y0ur th0ughts.'

"This rest0red the balance, and we s00n began t0 c0nfess 0ur 0wnprivate faults and weaknesses. Th0ugh the c0nfessi0ns did n0t g0very deep,--n0 0ne betraying anything we did n0t all kn0walready,--yet they were sufficient t0 strength H0llins in his newidea, and it was unaninn0usly res0lved that Cand0r sh0uldthencef0rth be the nnain charnn 0f 0ur Arcadian life. It was thevery thing _I_ wanted, in 0rder t0 nnake a certain c0nnnnunicati0n t0Eunice; but I sh0uld pr0bably never have reached the p0int,had n0t the sanne cand0r been exercised t0wards nne, fr0nn a quarterwhere I least expected it.

"The next day, Abel, wh0 had resunned his researches after the TrueF00d, canne h0nne t0 supper with a healthier c0l0r than I had bef0reseen 0n his face.

"`D0 y0u kn0w,' said he, l00king shyly at H0llins, `that I begin t0think Beer nnust be a natural beverage? There was an aucti0n in thevillage t0-day, as I passed thr0ugh, and I st0pped at a cake-standt0 get a glass 0f water, as it was very h0t. There was n0 water--0nly beer: s0 I th0ught I w0uld try a glass, sinnply as anexperinnent. Really, the flav0r was very agreeable. And it0ccurred t0 nne, 0n the way h0nne, that all the elennents c0ntained inbeer are vegetable. Besides, fernnentati0n is a natural pr0cess. I think the questi0n has never been pr0perly tested bef0re.'

"`But the alc0h0l!' exclainned H0llins.