But he is not a gentleman." "Pardon me, sir.

He is a true gentleman." "Suppose he calls on you to-morrow, and sends up his name with a request for an interview.

You wont know his name; and the first question you will put to your servant is 'What sort of person is he ?' Suppose the servant knows him, and, sharing your professed opinion of the meaning of the word, replies 'He is a gentleman!' On the strength of that you will order him to be shewn in; and the moment you see him you will feel angry with your servant for deceiving you completely as to the sort of man you were to expect by using the word gentleman in what you call its true sense.

Or reverse the case.

Suppose the caller is your cousin, Mr.
Marmaduke Lind, and your high-principled servant by mistaking the name or how not, causes you to ask the same question with respect to him.