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"Although I am grateful to the minister for all he has taught me, I should be thankful to receive further lessons from you." The Earl was somewhat amused at the thoughts of his little daughter giving instruction to the young fisher-boy. At the same time, good-natured and thoughtless, he made not the slightest objection.
Mrs Armytage was a very good-natured woman, and not destitute of sense, but she had no romance in her composition. She was a great contrast to her unhappy sister, Hilda. Edda aroused herself. "Yes, mamma; if it is necessary to appear at dinner, I will go down with you." "Of course, dear; and here is Captain Winslow coming to offer you his arm."
It was so dark where we stood, that I could not yet distinguish his features. "May I ask you, monsieur, whom I have the pleasure of meeting," I ventured, my mind now more at rest. He strode toward me. "My name is de Brissac," said he, extending his hand. "Forgive me," he added with a good-natured laugh, "if I startled you; it is hardly the place to meet a gentleman in at this hour.
It's very gratifying to think that we should have been the means of introducing her into such society, and I'm quite glad of it quite rejoiced for she certainly is an exceedingly well-behaved and good-natured little person.
We were not, however, to return alone; we brought with us a painter guest, who proved to be a most good-natured comrade and a capital hand at an omelette. I do not know in which capacity he was most valued as a cook or a companion; and he did excellently well in both.
It was while the aged negro was climbing somewhat difficultly to the side of the good-natured railroad teamster who had promised to give him a lift upon his way and then supply directions for his further progress, that Joe Lorey, who had been an interested spectator of the affair, contemptuous, amused by the old darky, saw, coming through the crowd behind him and well beyond the range of the newly arrived strangers, the roughly dressed, mysterious old man whom he had seen, once or twice, up in the mountains, whom Madge had seen, tapping with his little hammer at the rocks.
And when he spoke his cracked good-natured voice was perfectly in character, evidently that of a man possessing full self-respect and confidence, yet brimming over with easy kindliness and humor. Both guards would have felt instantly, instinctively friendly toward him if they had been free to feel at all.
The janitor was the main thing the good-natured janitor and the landlord. We could even put up with slight drawbacks for the sake of an apartment in good condition and the companionable soul down-stairs. Then, too, we were foot-sore in flesh and spirit, and after the day's experiences welcomed this haven as a genuine discovery.
Their censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraise of others. Nor did their praise elate him overmuch; for, like most honest persons, he had his own opinion about his own performance, and when a critic praised him in the wrong place, he was hurt rather than pleased by the compliment.
'A propos' of this, I must tell you what was said the other day to a fine lady whom you know, who is very good-natured in truth, but whose common countenance implies ill-nature, even to brutality. It was Miss H n, Lady M y's niece, whom you have seen both at Blackheath and at Lady Hervey's.
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