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Some of the spectators were informed by her that Abe Lincoln was crude and awkward and without a word to please a lady of her breeding. But she had achieved the credit, with certain people, of having rejected a young man for whom great honors were thought to be in store. Late in November Mr. Lincoln went out on the circuit with the distinguished John T. Stuart who had taken him into partnership.
If the right man be put in the right place, there will seldom be cause to complain of overfed useless breeding animals gaining the prizes; but if ignorant forward men are appointed, you are certain to see the fattest animals at the top of the prize-list.
She had always thought of Gresham as a man of perfect breeding. "Name the right figure. I'll make a deal with you on the spot." "This is scarcely the place for business," Gresham reproved him. "I beg pardon," Gamble quickly said, and looked at Constance, a trifle abashed. "Please go ahead," that young lady urged. "This is more fun than the races." "Thanks."
From this moment onward the horror of this thought took root in her brain, and she knew no peace. But her will and her breeding came to her rescue. She would not lie there like an invalid; she would get up and dress and go down to tea. She would chaff with the others who would all swarm to see her. No one should pity or speculate about her.
And they fancied that they had the temper of the Augustan time the temper displayed in the works of Horace more than in those of any one else its urbanity, its love of good sense and moderation, its instinctive distrust of emotion, and its invincible good breeding.
At the first glance you will see that she is an invalid, but woe to you if you show that you see it. You will probably hear her make plans for drives, rides, even long walks about the country, and something more than mere good breeding must rule your features as you listen. Occasionally her speech is indistinct; you must manage never to miss a word she says.
Her husband was a giddy young fellow, who perhaps felt very deep affection for his wife, but who imagined that, through good breeding, he ought to appear very indifferent, and whose vanity found pleasure in giving her constant causes for jealousy. She, in her turn, had a great dread of passing for an idiot if she did not shew her appreciation of, and her resentment for, his conduct.
Lane was a tall man, well set up, with something in his face and bearing that told of good breeding; southern blood, one would say, by the dark skin, and the eyes, hair, and drooping mustache of black.
And from all these daily suggestions of courtesy and of good taste and high breeding, and helpful fellowship with good books, and the characters in their stories which were often more real and dear and treasured in her thoughts than her actual fellow townsfolk, Nan drew much pleasure and not a little wisdom; at any rate a direction for which she would all her life be thankful.
I'll scare him, you thought, he's a coward, and he'll agree to anything directly... No, Vassily Ivanovitch, I am a nobleman as much as you are, though I've not had city breeding, and you won't succeed in frightening me into anything, excuse me. 'Very good, retorted Vassily; 'where is your sword then? 'Eroshka! shouted Pavel Afanasievitch. A servant came in.
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