He's rather obtuse.

I dare say you remember him ?" "Perfectly." "I don't care about him, he is so superficial, and Miss Barker says he is very lethargic in conversation.

I asked him because--don't breathe a word of it--but because, as a married woman, one ought to help others, and--do you remember how he stood up for Hester that night in London ?" "For her book, you mean." "Well, it's all one.

Men are men, my dear.

Let me tell you he would never have done that if he had not been in love with her." "Do you mean that men never defend obvious truths unless they are in love ?" "Now you are pretending to misunderstand me," said Sybell, joyously, making her little squirrel face into a becoming pout.