"It is not pleasant."
"If you mean your brother, I am bound to say, that he is very unpleasant. Of course you have seen him?"
"Yes; I have seen him."
"And her ladyship?"
"No. He said that as I do not speak Italian it would be no good."
"And he seemed to think," said the Dean, "that as I do speak Italian it would be dangerous. Nobody has seen her then?"
"Nobody."
"That promises well! And the little lord?"
"He was brought down to me."
"That was gracious! Well; what of him. Did he look like a Popenjoy?"