He told me he considered temptation rather a curse than otherwise, and then he surprised me very much." "He told you a secret ?" "Why, yes." "The secret of your great influence over his life ?" "You knew of this secret, then ?" "He didn't tell it to me.

Long ago I divined it.

Addison is a very interesting fellow to a doctor, and the fact of his strong friendship with you has made him more interesting even than he would otherwise have been.

His physique is tremendous.

He has a quite unusual vitality, and stronger passions by far than most Englishmen.