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Quotation from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Davie, Davie,” I thought, “was ever seen such black ingratitude? Can you forget old favours and old friends at the mere whistle of a name? Fie, fie; think shame”
Kidnapped, Chapter I (1886 text)
Excited to be heir of a great house, David rebukes himself for his eagerness to leave the kind minister and the village that raised him.
Citation: "Davie, Davie,” I thought, “was ever seen such black ingratitude? Can you forget old favours and old friends at the mere whistle of a name? Fie, fie; think shame" — Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, Chapter I (1886 text). (id kidnapped-q2)
Virtues: Humility
Portrait: RLS Kidnapped 1886 US, Robert Louis Stevenson, Public domain.
