To be near him was like warming one's hands at a warm fire.

Superficially susceptible and inclined to be experimental he had not the instinct of the collector and was devoid of fatuousness.

But he could have had more genuine successes than all the Don Juans and Romeos and Fausts who ever climbed rope ladders.

Besides his physical attraction he inspired a feeling of reliance.

Women felt safe with him; he would never treat anyone badly.
He inspired that kind of trust enormously in men also, and his house was constantly filled with people asking his advice and begging him to do things--sometimes not very easy ones.