He was the most backward man--viewed as a suitor--whom I ever met with.

The fonder he grew of her, the more timid and self-distrustful he became.

I own I don't like a modest man; and I cannot honestly say that Mr.Oscar Dubourg, on closer acquaintance, advanced himself much in my estimation.

However, Lucilla understood him, and that was enough.

She was determined to have the completest possible image of him in her mind.