This  he  does  to  spite  the  widow,  and  he  does  it
so  openly  that,  though  we  remain  perfectly  igno-
rant and  duped,  people  like  Boscowitz  stand  by
and  laugh  at  us  for  eating  such  humble  pie  so
meekly.  Boscowitz  thinks  it  perfectly  plain,  un-
der such  circumstances,  that  we  must  find  Tom's
money  good  enough  to  comfort  us  for  being  the
mere  instruments  of  his  spite  against  Mrs.  Dover.
