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As he was not afraid to take the part of Wellington when he was scurvily used by all parties, and when it was dangerous to take his part, so he is not afraid to speak the naked truth about Wellington in these days, when it is dangerous to say anything about him but what is sycophantically laudatory.
"Ye mustn't mind Jacksey," said Rice, sycophantically edging to her side, "he's so cut up with losin' your father that he loved like a son, he isn't himself, and don't seem to know whether to ante up or pass out. And as for yourself, Miss why What was it he was sayin' only just as the young lady came?" he added, turning abruptly to Wyngate.
Miss Mapp tried to steel herself for the hundredth time to appear quite unconscious that she was being addressed when Irene said "Mapp" in that odious manner. But she never could summon up sufficient nerve to be rude to so awful a mimic.... "Good morning, dear one," she said sycophantically. "Shall I peep in for a moment?"
Major Flint, looking at the various implements and trophies that adorned the room, would suggest putting a sporting challenge in the Times. "'Pon my word, Puffin," he would say, "I've half a mind to do it. Retired Major of His Majesty's Forces the King, God bless him!" "Forty," said Puffin sycophantically, as he thought over what he would say about himself when the old man had finished.
Mrs. Poppit began to move quietly away with the deliberate, tortoise-like progression necessitated by the fur coat. It struck Miss Mapp that she, too, had intended to take part in the general breaking up of the group, but had merely been unable to get under way as fast as the others. "Such a lovely fur coat," said Miss Mapp sycophantically. "Such beautiful long fur!
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