31: "The gods begin to confer benefits on those who recognize them not, they continue them to those who are thankless for them....

" All the same, Lord Rhondda is a stout fellow who goes on his way with an imperviousness to criticismcriticism that is often selfish and contemptiblewhich augurs well for his ultimate success in the most thankless of all jobs.

so infinitely above any merit I can pretend to!what must he think of me if I refuse him!how madly stupid, how blind to my own interest, how thankless to him must I appear!how will he despise my folly!how hate my ingratitude!

The treasures he had heap'd in vain, Thrown thankless on his hands again!

My little servants took hold of their filthy job and worked unceasingly though it was a thankless taskfor soap and soda did not exist, and food, save the vegetables and a little pork, was hard to get.

Where is the love thou didst avow, The pledge, the kiss, the tear, And all the tender promises Thou whisperedst in my ear? Thou, frailer than the withered reed, More changeful than the wind, More thankless than the hardest heart In all of womankind; I marvel not at what I see, Nor yet for vengeance call; For thou art woman to the core, And in that name is all.