I don't see what objection you can have to
her."
"I wasn't thinking about her appearance or her manners. They may be
all right, but if what you said is true and she really--"
"Don't be narrow-minded, Major. I hate that kind of pharisaical
bigotry. The fact that Mrs. Lorimer behaved as she did is no reason in
the world why you should cut the poor woman. It's a well-known fact
that people who are really much worse than she is are freely received
into the best society; and, in any case, the latest systems of morality
are quite changing the view that we used to take about murder. Take
Nietzsche, for instance--"
"Who's Nietzsche?"
"He's a philosopher," said Meldon, "or rather he was, for he's dead
now. He divided all morality into two kinds--slave morality, which he
regards as despicable, and master morality, which is of the most
superior possible kind."
"Still--I don't know anything about the man you mention, but I suppose
even he would have drawn the line at murder."
"Not at all. Master morality, which, according to his system, is the
best kind, consists entirely of being the sort of man who is able to
get into a position to bully other people.
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