But he was just and shrewd in his judgment, and he was forced to confess that he had found this father of his vastly different from the man he had been led to expect.

He had looked to find a debauched old rake, a vile creature steeped in vice and wickedness.

Instead, he found a weak, easy-natured, commonplace fellow, whose worst sin seemed to be the selfishness that is usually inseparable from those other characteristics.

If Ostermore was not a man of the type that inspires strong affection, neither was he of the type that provokes strong dislike.

His colorless nature left one indifferent to him.
Mr.Caryll, somewhat to his dismay, found himself inclined to extend the man some sympathy; caught himself upon the verge of pitying him for being burdened with so very unfilial a son and so very cursed a wife.