It all happened just as he related it.

He is very much respected.
Everybody who comes in, is glad to know him.

He is more courted than anyone else.

He is far more thought of than the Marshal is.' If ever pride were innocent, it was innocent in Little Dorrit when she grew boastful of her father.
'It is often said that his manners are a true gentleman's, and quite a study.

I see none like them in that place, but he is admitted to be superior to all the rest.