Well, when you meet him for the first time you will, perhaps, be timid, hesitating, and silent.

But, believe me, a young man of your remarkable abilities should be self-possessed.

You ought to inspire him from the beginning with a suitable respect for your talents." "That's precisely the line I mean to take," said I, boastfully.
"I'll--I'll astonish him.

I'm afraid of nobody--not I!" The stranger filled my glass again.

His claret must have been very strong or my head very weak, for it seemed to me, as he did so, that all the chandeliers were in motion.
"Upon my word," observed he, "you are a young man of infinite spirit." "And you," I replied, making an effort to bring the glass steadily to my lips, "you are a capital fellow--a clear-sighted, sensible, capital fellow.