He was an old sport, that was plain, the only real plain thing about him; the rest was mystery.

As for Grace, she wa'n't plain by a good sight, bein' what Brown called a 'peach.' She could have had every single male in tow if she'd wanted 'em.

Apparently she didn't want em, preferrin' to be lonesome and sad and interestin'.

Yes, sir, there was a mystery about them Robinsons, and even Peter T.give in to that.
"'If 'twas anybody else,' says he, 'I'd say the old man was a crook, down here hidin' from the police.

But he's too rich for that, and always has been.