And when one of the two has an angelic temper, and tact enough for twenty--" "You naturally blame the other," I put in, as she paused in visible perplexity.
"But I don't, Duncan, and that's just the point.

George is devoted to Bob, and is as nice as he can be himself, in his own sober, honest, plodding way.

He may not have the temper, he certainly has not the tact, but he worships Bob and has come back quite miserable." "Then he has come back, and you have seen him ?" "He was here last night.

You must know that Bob writes to me every day, even from Cambridge, if it's only a line; and in yesterday's letter he mentioned quite casually that George had had enough of it and was off home.

It was a little too casual to be quite natural in old Bob, and there are other things he has been mentioning in the same way.