"Was he in a high or low station of life?" asked Miss
Hawthorn.
"Neither at the top nor the bottom of the ladder a very respectable person indeed."
"But we are not getting on," said Margaret. "According to you, he wasn't anything in particular; what kind of a person was he, Gilbert?"
"A very good man."
"Handsome or ugly?"
"History don't say."
"Well, what does it say?" said George "what did he do?"
"He took a journey once upon a time."
"What for?"
"Do you mean why he went, or what was the object of his going?"