Then again it was the turn of exercise, cold baths, and hearty fare.

It was all done with a grace that made his whims more agreeable than other men's sense.

But one might have supposed that such claims on a friend's part would have annoyed a man of Manisty's equally marked but very different peculiarities.

Not at all.

He was patience and good temper itself on these occasions.
'Isn't he _bon enfant_ ?' Mr.Neal said once to Mrs.Burgoyne in Lucy's presence, with a sudden accent of affection and emotion--on some occasion when Manisty had borne the upsetting of a cherished plan for the afternoon with quite remarkable patience.
'He has learnt how to spoil _you_!' said Eleanor, with a fluttering smile, and an immediate change of subject.