That was another of his pardonable exaggerations.
I thought that was a pardonable mistake.
In navigating a ship, when you find an error in your compass it is not pardonable to go on using the same compass until you have corrected the error.
That would be understandable, if not pardonable.
I think that was hyperbolic language hardly warranted even by the pardonable pride of one who is comparatively new to office.
I am not sure that that was not a pardonable exaggeration.
I think it was pardonable on the part of the paymaster to hesitate a moment before he dealt with those cases.
In fact, the recommendation was made in the face of information which was incorrect, and of one or two pardonable false assumptions.
