I'm afraid he's gone out.

You see, he's a rather peculiar man.

It's not the slightest use me trying to drive him.
He can only be led.

He has his good points--I can speak candidly as he isn't here, and I _will_--he has his good points.

When Mrs.Leek, as I suppose she calls herself, spoke about his cruelty to her--well, I understood that.