It is a piece of rudeness to stare at anybody, and it is an act of indelicacy to stare at a gentleman.

I committed both those improprieties.

And I said, as if in a dream, "What does it mean ?" "Permit me to tell you," he replied.

"And suppose we sit down ?" He led me to a chair.

I have an indistinct remembrance that he was very affectionate.