But he threw off after an instant an answer clearly intended to meet the case.

"He thinks he hasn't the means.

He has great ideas of what a fellow must offer a woman." Mr.Longdon's eyes travelled a while over the amenities about him.

"He hasn't such a view of himself alone-- ?" "As to make him think he's enough as he stands?
No," said Mitchy, "I don't fancy he has a very awful view of himself alone.

And since we ARE burning this incense under his nose," he added, "it's also my impression that he has no private means.