Lavinia tells me she is in love."
"She must get over it. He is not a gentleman."
"Ah, take care! Remember that he is a branch of the Townsends."
"He is not what I call a gentleman. He has not the soul of one. He
is extremely insinuating; but it's a vulgar nature. I saw through it
in a minute. He is altogether too familiar--I hate familiarity. He
is a plausible coxcomb."
"Ah, well," said Mrs. Almond; "if you make up your mind so easily,
it's a great advantage."
"I don't make up my mind easily. What I tell you is the result of
thirty years of observation; and in order to be able to form that
judgement in a single evening, I have had to spend a lifetime in
study."
"Very possibly you are right. But the thing is for Catherine to see
it."
"I will present her with a pair of spectacles!" said the Doctor.
CHAPTER VIII
If it were true that she was in love, she was certainly very quiet
about it; but the Doctor was of course prepared to admit that her
quietness might mean volumes. She had told Morris Townsend that she
would not mention him to her father, and she saw no reason to retract
this vow of discretion. It was no more than decently civil, of
course, that after having dined in Washington Square, Morris should
call there again; and it was no more than natural that, having been
kindly received on this occasion, he should continue to present
himself.
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