A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance...
A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance against a pair of corkscrews, or a tender young tooth against a pair of dentists, or a little shuttlecock against two battledores, than I had against Uriah and Mrs. Heep. They did just what they liked with me; and wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell, with a certainty I blush to think of.
![Charles Dickens Quote About Character, Thinking, Two: A Tender Young Cork However...](http://qt.azureedge.net/resources/quotes-images-large/a-tender-young-cork-however-would-have-had-no-more-chance-against-a-pair-of-cor-80d9aef60c689f27c4f66cf90c88bfad.jpg)