[Footnote A: Jarchi's comment on "Thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant" is, "the Hebrew servant is not to be required to do any thing which is accounted degradingsuch as all offices of personal attendance, as loosing his master's shoe latchet, bringing him water to wash his feet and hands, waiting on him at table, dressing him, carrying things to and from the bath.

And then a cry comes down, and she nods; Axel, maybe, or maybe the hill-folk, devilsanyway, something to sniff and scent and findto worm out the meaning of it all, the wisdom of the Almighty with the dark and the forest in the hollow of His handand He would never harm Oline, that was not worthy to unloose the latchet of His shoes....

But Wakefield's pride was severely hurt, and he answered disdainfully, "Take it all mantake it allnever make two bites of a cherrythou canst talk over the gentry, and blear a plain man's eyeOut upon you, manI would not kiss any man's dirty latchets for leave to bake in his oven.

not worthy of you at allnot fit to tie your shoe-latchet!" "George, you overrate me, you always did, andandyou undervalue Mr. Bainrothe, believe me; nay, I am sure you do.

I remember Dr. Adam Smith, in his rhetorical lectures at Glasgow, told us he was glad to know that Milton wore latchets in his shoes, instead of buckles.