Our Gentleman Boarder 



our gentleman boarder, who chose to spend 

 it with us rather than in his own sitting- 

 room, won his way into all our hearts. He 

 was full of interesting talk, charmingly 

 spiced with humour, and was very gentle 



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in manner. As to the melancholy disposi- 

 tion, we saw no trace of it, unless it were 

 in the face, which was extremely refined and 

 something worn, considering his twenty- 

 three years, and a little look of Lord Byron, 

 said Esther, about the cut of his clothes. 

 He endeared himself to us all in a very 



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