Probably he reflected that there are two sides to every argument, and he had heard but one.

Certainly, John Delancy Curtis did not strike him as the dare-devil meddler, if not worse, he had been depicted by the fiery Earl.
"The Earl of Valletort and Count Ladislas Vassilan," announced a clerk, and Curtis took one square look at his rival.

He needed no more to confirm Hermione's unfavorable opinion.

The Count's appearance was not prepossessing.

His nose was still swollen, and the earnest effort of a doctor to paint out two black eyes had not been wholly successful.
His lordship looked mightily displeased when he discovered the presence of Curtis and Devar, but he was a self-confident man, and regarded himself as a personage of such importance that he assumed the lead in this company at once.