All right; let it go at that.

But all I meant you to understand is that he is every inch a man; and when you have the honour to meet him, keep that fact in the back of your head, among the few brains with which Providence has equipped you." "Thanks!" said Gerald, colouring up.

He cast his cigarette into the empty fireplace, slid off the edge of the table, and picked up his hat.
Austin eyed him without particular approval.
"You buy too many clothes," he observed.

"That's a new suit, isn't it ?" "Certainly," said Gerald; "I needed it." "Oh! if you can afford it, all right.

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