Nugent puzzles Madame Pratolungo I WAS far from sharing Lucilla's opinion of Nugent Dubourg.

His enormous self-confidence was, to my mind, too amusing to be in the least offensive.

I liked the spirit and gaiety of the young fellow.

He came much nearer than his brother did to my ideal of the dash and resolution which ought to distinguish a man on the right side of thirty.

So far as my experience of them went, Nugent was (in the popular English phrase) good company--and Oscar was not.