He was gentlemanly, without a doubt, and he must be well off to employ such a good tailor and friseur.

She also noticed, with an immense satisfaction, that he had a due appreciation of fancy work.

He did not, like some superficial people, regard these housewifely creations as merely pretty or useful things, but appreciated them as works of art, and wondered at the difficulty of these marvelous fabrications.
Complicated lace-work, or embroidered pictures, filled him with amazement, even if applique had no effect on him.

When Frau Brohl noticed these marks of distinction in him, she did not hesitate to invite him to dinner on Sunday--at first occasionally, and afterward regularly, and with increasing pleasure she noticed that in other ways he also reached the ideal she had imagined in him.

He had a good appetite, and it was not necessary for him to say in words how much he enjoyed the dishes set before him, every look and gesture showed it plainly.