“His white cravat, his bald head, the jabot of his shirt, his roomy brown frock coat, the way he bent his arm when he took snuff – everything about him produced in her the kind of agitation we feel in the presence of extraordinary men. ”
“John said he didn’t want to have to go for walks every day with a girl of twelve who thought she knew everything, and Susan said she didn’t want to have to go for walks with a boy of ten who didn’t know anything at all.”