'In short,' he asked, 'not manly ?' 'Well,' Gotthold hesitated, 'not manly, if you will.' And then, with a laugh, 'I did not know that you gave yourself out to be manly,' he added.
'It was one of the points that I inclined to like about you; inclined, I believe, to admire.

The names of virtues exercise a charm on most of us; we must lay claim to all of them, however incompatible; we must all be both daring and prudent; we must all vaunt our pride and go to the stake for our humility.

Not so you.

Without compromise you were yourself: a pretty sight.

I have always said it: none so void of all pretence as Otto.' 'Pretence and effort both!' cried Otto.