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I am struggling with the meaning of this sentence:

> 「いい人そうな方ですが… **いい人なだけに** …ね」

(Context: Two students are walking down the hallway and are casually talking
to each other, while a guard person or something mistakes them for making out
and scolds them for that. After the guard introduces himself, one of the
students says the sentence above.)

Consindering this: [Meaning of
"だけに"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/54611/meaning-
of-%e3%81%a0%e3%81%91%e3%81%ab) Could it mean: Because X is a good person, X
is said to be a good person? (If X would not be a good person X would not be
said to be a good person)
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The meaning of なだけに in this sentence
Yes this ～だけに means "exactly because ～", "～, and for that very reason", etc.

> いい人そうな方ですが…  
>  He seems nice/honest/earnest, however...
>
> いい人なだけに…  
>  it's such a person who...  
>  exactly because he is an "honest" person...
>
> ね  
>  you know (what I mean).

So instead of explicitly saying the last part of the sentence, this person
said ね, which is working like "you know what I mean". The implied message
completely depends on the context. From the provided context it should be
something negative like "he ended up taking his job too seriously", "he is
honest to a fault", or "he is too naive".
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