Crossword-Solution: FORBEARING 10 letters, 74 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

The idea of our running our heads against Harry Knight all the time! I cannot get over that.” The vicar had immediately remembered the name to be that of Stephen Smith’s preceptor and friend; but having ceased to concern himself in the matter he made no remark to that effect, consistently forbearing to allude to anything which could restore recollection of the (to him) disagreeable mistake with regard to poor Stephen’s lineage and position.

Forbearing and patient as long as he was dealt with fairly, he was merciless where he thought he detected trickery or evasion.

Where nature is mighty, and therefore the victory hard, the degrees had need be, first to stay and arrest nature in time; like to him that would say over the four and twenty letters when he was angry; then to go less in quantity; as if one should, in forbearing wine, come from drinking healths, to a draught at a meal; and lastly, to discontinue altogether.

Whiffers then added that he feared a portion of this outrage might be traced to his own forbearing and accommodating disposition.

The utter helplessness of her position—her friendless dependence on all the forbearing gentleness that I could show her—my fear of touching too soon some secret sensitiveness in her which my instinct as a man might not have been fine enough to discover—these considerations, and others like them, kept me self-distrustfully silent.