But he wasn't a bit that kind of creature.

He isn't self-assured nor tonguey--rather the reverse.

I liked him so, that I forced him to stay to luncheon, and made him tell me a good deal about himself, without his knowing I was doing so.

He leads a very unusual life, without seeming conscious that he does, and he tells about it very well.

Uses just the right word every time, so that you know exactly what he means, without taxing your own brain to fill up blanks.