Chapter 17: Off with the Old Love

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌⁠It is all very well to be urged to suspect, for, within reason, nothing is easier. The world, in the process of our education, deals out so many hard knocks that speedily we begin to look with dubious eyes on every stranger—sometimes, alas! even upon our friends. We suspect the motives of Smith, who recommends a first-rate cigar: does he get a commission? We suspect Brown, who asks us to drop in a