He seems so pitiful and appealing, somehow." "You wouldn't think him very appealing if you'd see him on his cantankerous days, believe ME.

But I'm glad you don't mind him--it's all the nicer for Leslie.

She'll have more to do when her boarder comes.

I hope he'll be a decent creature.

You'll probably like him--he's a writer." "I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne, rather scornfully.