"My friend Vanderbank swaggers so little that it's rather from you than from himself that I seem to catch the idea--!" "Of his being a great figure among us?
I don't know what he may have said to you or have suppressed; but you can take it from me--as between ourselves, you know--that he's very much the best of us.

Old Van in fact--if you really want a candid opinion," and Mitchy shone still brighter as he talked, "is formed for a distinctly higher sphere.

I should go so far as to say that on our level he's positively wasted." "And are you very sure you're not ?" Mr.Longdon asked with a smile.
"Dear no--I'm in my element.

My element's to grovel before Van.

You've only to look at me, as you must already have made out, to see I'm everything dreadful that he isn't.