“Very amiable young woman Miss Gusset appears to be, Dr. Sly?”
“Oh! the most amiable being in the world; I owe her the greatest obligations.”
“So gentle in her manners.”
“O yes, so gentle.”
“So considerate for everybody.”
“Oh, yes! so considerate,” echoed the Aberdeen M.D.
“I am afraid, though, she must sometimes meet with people who do not exactly understand her character; such extraordinary consideration for others is sometimes liable to misconstruction.”
“Very sensibly remarked, Miss Graves. I am sure Miss Gusset means well; and that kind of thing is all very admirable in its way; but, but—”
“But what, Dr. Sly?”
“Why, I was merely going to hazard an observation, that according to my feelings, that is, to my own peculiar view of the case, I should prefer some people thinking more about their own business, and, and—but I mean nothing.”