At the meetings of creditors, then, he comported himself with a savageness and scorn towards Sedley, which almost succeeded in breaking the heart of that ruined bankrupt man. On George's intercourse with Amelia he put an instant veto--menacing the youth with maledictions if he broke his commands, and vilipending the poor innocent girl as the basest and most artful of vixens. One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.

At the meetings of creditors, then, he showed a savageness and scorn towards Sedley which almost broke the other man's heart. He forbade George to meet Amelia, vilifying the poor girl as the most artful of vixens.
