Friendly Comments on Character and Accomplishments.
"She is the most domesticated darling imaginable;"
i.e., "A dull, sock-darning dowdy."
"Quite a beauty-man, and nice—to those who like that sort of thing;"
i.e., "An awfully handsome fellow, who won't worship me."
"Grim rather at first, but grows upon one wonderfully;"
i.e., "He is softening a little beneath my blandishments."