"I like the place very much, but I'm not sure I shall like the people." "The people are very good people; especially if you like them." "I've no doubt they're good," Isabel rejoined; "but are they pleasant in society?
They won't rob me nor beat me; but will they make themselves agreeable to me?
That's what I like people to do.

I don't hesitate to say so, because I always appreciate it.

I don't believe they're very nice to girls; they're not nice to them in the novels." "I don't know about the novels," said Mr.Touchett.

"I believe the novels have a great deal but I don't suppose they're very accurate.
We once had a lady who wrote novels staying here; she was a friend of Ralph's and he asked her down.

She was very positive, quite up to everything; but she was not the sort of person you could depend on for evidence.