The subject elevated him to more than usual solemnity of manner, and with a most important aspect he protested that "he had never in his life witnessed such behaviour in a person of rank--such affability and condescension, as he had himself experienced from Lady Catherine.
De sa vie, affirma-t-il, solennellement, il n’avait rencontré chez un membre de l’aristocratie l’affabilité et la condescendance que lui témoignait lady Catherine.