He was an opinionated beggar." 'There was a pair of you!' thought Soames.

But he never argued with an uncle, in that way preserving their opinion of him as 'a long-headed chap,' and the legal care of their property.
"They tell me at Timothy's," said Nicholas, lowering his voice, "that Dartie has gone off at last.

That'll be a relief to your father.

He was a rotten egg." Again Soames nodded.

If there was a subject on which the Forsytes really agreed, it was the character of Montague Dartie.
"You take care," said Nicholas, "or he'll turn up again.