'Ah, take care! Remember that he is a branch of the Townsends.'

'He is not what I call a gentleman; he has not the soul of one. He is extremely insinuating; but it's a vulgar nature. I saw through it in a minute. He is altogether too familiar; - I hate familiarity. He is a plausible coxcomb.'

'Ah, well,' said Mrs Almond, 'if you make up your mind so easily, it's a great advantage.'

'I don't make up my mind easily. What I tell you is the result of thirty years of observation; and in order to be able to form that judgment in a single evening, I have had to spend a lifetime in study.'

'Very possibly you are right. But the thing is for Catherine to see it.'

'I will present her with a pair of spectacles!' said the Doctor.


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