Word: detecting
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...said companion himself divide the money on the church steps, and start for under the post-office; probably for more water. Nor shall I forget that beggar so utterly blind that he was led from room to room by a small boy, who nevertheless managed, with wonderful quickness, to detect said boy in the act of appropriating some of the scrip. Surely, "there are none so blind as those who will not see," and this man was a deserving object of charity...
...which will entail any serious penalty, he gets to look at the outside world as something rather amusing, a little vulgar, and not at all connected with himself. There are, of course, the usual number of exceptions to prove the rule. We have, in embryo, doctors who sharply detect disease in the unconscious passer-by, who prefer the attractions of clinics to those of the theatre; chemists who poison themselves and their friends with powerful drugs; ministers under the double influence of duty and taste not yet gratified; and lawyers familiar with the names, at least, of Blackstone, Coke...