ABSTRACT
The Author The story is told of a bishop whose wife was railing vehemently against a boozy old curate at the dinner table one day, until at length he interrupted his better half with the following words: ‘You’re always going on about how
much men drink, but you never say a word about how thirsty they are.’ From this little anecdote we can learn two things: first, that even a man of the cloth can sometimes feel called upon to defend a drunkard, and second, that although all are entitled to find fault, not all are capable of exercising discernment when they do so.
