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"We have said that Mr. Weller was engaged in preparing for his
journey to London--he was taking sustenance, in fact. On the
table before him, stood a pot of ale, a cold round of beef, and a
very respectable-looking loaf, to each of which he distributed his
favours in turn, with the most rigid impartiality. He had just cut
a mighty slice from the latter, when the footsteps of somebody
entering the room, caused him to raise his head; and he beheld
his son.
Not quite as bad. But how can you be rigid and impartial at the same time?
So, we could never accuse you of impartiality, eh, Dr. Bill?
Faldage has already raised my concerns with the above statement, but, just to add to it, here are some synonyms offered by M-W's thesaurus:
candid, dispassionate, equal, equitable, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, just, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, uncolored, undistinctive, unprejudiced, unprepossessed
Nothing in there that necessitates flexibility. In fact, I would say, as I read Faldage to be saying, that flexibility is not necessarily conducive to impartiality. A bribable judge is obviously very flexible, but is certainly not impartial.
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