He makes me uneasy: he seems to me, like all young men of his generation, a little too undecided what object to pursue, what duty to fulfil.

He is nervous, irresolute.
We were more unfortunate but more determined; we marched straight on without that burden of pessimism with which our successors are loaded down.

I am sorry that Michel has resigned his position: he had a fine future before him, and he would have made a good diplomatist." "Too good, perhaps," interrupted Marsa, dryly.
"Ah, decidedly," retorted the Prince, with a smile, "you don't like my poor Menko." "He is indifferent to me;" and the way in which she pronounced the words was a terrible condemnation of Michel Menko.

"But," added the Tzigana, "he himself has told me all that you have said of him.

He, on his side, has a great affection and a deep veneration for you; and it is not astonishing that it should be so, for men like you are examples for men like him, and--" She paused abruptly, as if unwilling to say more.
"And what ?" asked the Prince.
"Nothing.