Many timid remonstrances had she uttered to George in behalf of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. "I'm an honest man," he said, "and if I have a feeling I show it, as an honest man will. How the deuce, my dear, would you have me behave respectfully to such a fool as your brother?" 
She had timidly remonstrated to George on her brother's behalf; but George had said, "I'm an honest man, my dear, so how can I behave respectfully to such a fool as your brother?"
