How dreadfully bored you must have been! Mr.Charrington is an old dear, but he is rather a prig.

I mean"-- transfixed by the sudden gleam in Malcolm's eyes--"I mean, that is--that he is so learned." "Oh, I am quite aware of your meaning, Miss Ross," returned Malcolm quietly, "but I am rather an embryo prig myself." Then for the remainder of the meal Tina was absolutely dumb..