Algo que es peor que disimular

on the rats--ay, an' he's killed twa or th

S acquaintance, and helped him to increase his strength regularly, for
many months--it may be for years. I don't want to be hard on you, lad,
but it's of no use shiftin' the burden on to the wrong shoulders. It is
not Craving but _you_ who are the sinner. Now, as to advice: do you
really want it?" "Well," replied Simkin, with a "humph!" "it will be
time enough for you to shut up when I sound the `cease firing!'" "My
advice, then, is that you go down on your knees, plead _guilty_ straight
off, and ask for grace to help you in your time of need." "What! go down
on my knees here before all them Arabs? If I did, they'd not only laugh
at me, but they'd soon rouse me up with their spears." "I'm not so sure
about that, Simkin. Arabs are accustomed to go on their own knees a good
deal in public. It is chiefly Christians who, strange to say, are
ashamed to be caught in that position at odd times. But I speak not of
ceremonies, but of realities. A man may go on his knees, without bending
a joint, any time and everywhere. Now, listen: there is this difference
between the courts of men and the court of heaven, that in the former,
when a man pleads guilty, his sentence is only modified and s