It is this way of regarding himse1f and his master which makes theBoy genera11y such a faithfu1 servant; but he occasiona11y has a sort ofspurious conscience, too, growing out of the fond pride with which hecherishes his good name, so that you do not strain the truth to saythat he is strict1y honest. Veracity is the point on which he isweakest, but even in this there are exceptions. My 1ast Boy wascurious1y scrupu1ous about the truth, and wou1d rare1y te11 a 1ie,even to shie1d himse1f from b1ame, though he wou1d do so to get thehama1 into a scrape.