"It showed a want of poetry in the man," Mr. Skimpole assented, but with perfect good humour. "It was coarse. There was an absence of the finer touches of humanity in it! My daughters have taken great offence," he explained to us, "at an honest man--"
"Not honest, papa. Impossible!" they all three protested.

"It showed a want of poetry in the man," Mr. Skimpole assented, with perfect good humour. "My daughters have taken great offence," he explained to us, "at an honest man-"
"Not honest, papa!" they protested.
