I didn't approve of him at all, as I have frequently told you.' 'But I gather that he hasn't changed much.' 'Not in theories,' replied Miss Barfoot.

'That isn't to be expected.

He is far too stubborn.

But in mode of life he may possibly be more tolerable.' 'After two or three years in Japan,' rejoined Rhoda, with a slight raising of the eyebrows.
'He is about three-and-thirty, and before he left England I think he showed possibilities of future wisdom.

Of course I disapprove of him, arid, if necessary, shall let him understand that quite as plainly as before.