? ? ? ? "In defence of your protege you can even be saucy."
? ? ? ? "My protege, as you call him, is a sensible man; and sense will always have attractions for me. Yes, Marianne, even in a man between thirty and forty. He has seen a great deal of the world; has been abroad, has read, and has a thinking mind. I have found him capable of giving me much information on various subjects; and he has always answered my inquiries with readiness of good-breeding and good nature."
? ? ? ? "That is to say," cried Marianne contemptuously, "he has told you, that in the East Indies the climate is hot, and the mosquitoes are troublesome."
? ? ? ? "He WOULD have told me so, I doubt not, had I made any such inquiries, but they happened to be points on which I had been previously informed."
? ? ? ? "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."
? ? ? ? "I may venture to say that HIS observations have stretched much further than your candour.
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