Consider yourself--do pray consider yourself--one of us." He stopped, and lowered his prodigious voice to a confidential growl.

"Delightful person, Mr.
Dubourg.

I can't tell you how pleased I am with him.

And what a sad story! Cultivate Mr.Dubourg, my dear madam.

As a favor to Me--cultivate Mr.Dubourg!" He said this with an appearance of the deepest anxiety--and more, he emphasized it by affectionately squeezing my hand.
I have met with a great many audacious people in my time.