He had been lucky in his profession; but spending freely, what had come freely, had realized nothing.

But he was confident that he should soon be rich: full of life and ardour, he knew that he should soon have a ship, and soon be on a station that would lead to everything he wanted.

He had always been lucky; he knew he should be so still.

Such confidence, powerful in its own warmth, and bewitching in the wit which often expressed it, must have been enough for Anne; but Lady Russell saw it very differently.

His sanguine temper, and fearlessness of mind, operated very differently on her.