"Why," he slowly replied, roughening his head more and more, "he is all sentiment, and--and susceptibility, and--and sensibility, and--and imagination. And these qualities are not regulated in him, somehow. I suppose the people who admired him for them in his youth attached too much importance to them and too little to any training that would have balanced and adjusted them, and so he became what he is. Hey?" said my guardian, stopping short and looking at us hopefully. "What do you think, you two?"
Ada, glancing at me, said she thought it was a pity he should be an expense to Richard.

"Why," he slowly replied, rubbing his head, "he is all sentiment, and - susceptibility, and - imagination. And these qualities are not regulated in him, somehow. I suppose in his youth he was given too little training that would have balanced and adjusted them, and so he became what he is."
Ada, glancing at me, said she thought it was a pity he should be an expense to Richard.
