My joy over this discovery I did not hide from my unde ;
who, when all the rest were settled at their posts, was wont to
come and talk with me in private. He spoke with great mod-
esty of what he possessed and had produced here ; with great
decision of the views in which it had been gathered and ar-
ranged : and I could easily observe, that he spoke with a forbear-
ance towards me ; seeming, in his usual way, to rate the excel-
lence which he himself possessed below that other excellence
which, in my way of thinking, was the best and properest.
