‘And I think he’s a thorough sensible chap.’
‘Why, what did he—what did he——?’
‘Narrow, of course, and an infernal ass in places, as I told him several times in the clearest language, besides being a disgusting swine with a regrettably foul mind——’
‘Oh, then did he—did he——?’
‘But as good and sensible really, within his limits, as any one I’d wish to speak to.’
‘Oh, Chris—then he——?’