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in his dependency, I agree heartily.'
'And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional
forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from
insolence?'
'I am sure, sir, I should never mistake informality for
insolence: one I rather like, the other nothing free-born would submit
to, even for a salary.'
'Humbug! Most things free-born will submit to anything for a
salary; therefore, keep to yourself, and don't venture on generalities
of which you are intensely ignorant. However, I mentally shake hands
with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy; and as much for
the manner in which it was said, as for the substance of the speech;
the manner was frank and sincere; one does not often see such a
manner: no, on the contrary, affectation, or coldness, or stupid,
coarse-minded misapprehension of one's meaning are the usual rewards
of candour. Not three in three thousand raw school-girl-governesses