He may have been a little more so lately, perhaps, but that is all." "You have a very high opinion of him, I suppose ?" "He is very dear to me.

We were something more than friends in the ordinary acceptation of the word.

Do you remember the story of those two noble young Venetians who inscribed upon their shield _Fraires, non amici ?_ Saltram and I have been brothers rather than friends." "And you think him a good man ?" Adela asked anxiously.
"Most decidedly; I have reason to think so.

I believe him to be a noble-hearted and honourable man; a little neglectful or disdainful of conventionalities, wearing his faith in God and his more sacred feelings anywhere than upon his sleeve; but a man who cannot fail to come right in the long-run." "I am so glad to hear you say that.

I have known Mr.Saltram some time, as you may have heard and like him very much.