He opposes, among other things, the criterion of truth based on evidence, since there is an evidence of the false not to be distinguished from that of the true, as well as the position that God becomes a deceiver in the bestowal of a weak and blind reasonfor he gives us, at the same time, the power to know its deceptive character.

You are a bigamist, sir; a deceiver of women!

So he actually quieted his own conscience by the fancy that he was bound to be civil, and to keep up appearances, "even for Lucia's sake," said the self-deceiver to himself.

" "Well," said Mr. Boxer, "me and Mary's going round to see that old deceiver after supper, whether you come or not.