And he professed to be bored at every party he attended.

I won't say that the _habitue_ is always too well bred, or too grateful to his entertainers, to do anything of the kind; but he is certainly too wise or too cautious." "Perhaps he was bored ?" said Lady Mary, wistfully.

"Knowing nobody, poor boy." "The first time I met him on neutral ground was at a dance," said John.

"He looked very tall and nervous and lonely, and, of course, he was not dancing; but, nevertheless, he was the hero of the evening, or so Miss Sarah gave me to understand.

But you can imagine it for yourself.