He really understands what we want.

You'll see; he'll catch on.

That lurid glare of his will wear off in the course of time.

He's really a good fellow when you take him off his guard; and he's full of ideas.
He's spread out over a good deal of ground at present, and so he's pretty thin; but come to gather him up into a lump, there's a good deal of substance to him.

Yes, there is.