He would not cross the door-stones of the house, except at night, when he walked just like a ghost about the grounds and in the orchard as if he had lost his senses--which it is my opinion he had; for a more spirited, bolder, keener gentleman than he was before that midge of a governess crossed him, you never saw, ma'am.
Az én véleményem szerint el is vesztette. El sem lehet képzelni daliásabb, eszesebb, vakmerőbb urat, mint amilyen ő volt, mielőtt azt a szúnyogot útjába vezérelte a sors.