She can't be so very badly off, or somebody gave it her...." And again Thyme paused.
"She looked ever so much prettier in it than she used to in her old brown skirt, I thought ....

Uncle Hilary came to dinner last night.

We talked of social questions; we always discuss things when he comes.
I can't help liking Uncle Hilary; he has such kind eyes, and he's so gentle that you never lose your temper with him.

Martin calls him weak and unsatisfactory because he's not in touch with life.

I should say it was more as if he couldn't bear to force anyone to do anything; he seems to see both sides of every question, and he's not good at making up his mind, of course.