It is all the nicer"-- with a sigh--"because it isn't _really_ true." "I am sure Lord Walderhurst believed it true," Emily said.

"He is not a man who talks, you know.

He is very serious and dignified." She had herself a reverence and admiration for Lord Walderhurst bordering on tender awe.

He was indeed a well-mannered person, of whom painful things were not said.

He also conducted himself well toward his tenantry, and was patron of several notable charities.