old-gentleman-like

Updated: April 30, 2025

His own use of the stable was restricted to an occasional ride on an elderly brown cob, of aristocratic lineage and manners that would have been perfect but for the old-gentleman-like habit of dropping asleep over his work. The new baronet was too lazy to hunt, too liberal to put down the hunting stable established by his predecessor. The horses were there let Ida and Brian ride them.

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon - The Golden Calf