The notary's nose;

200 UNCLE AND NEPHEW.
whole evening. If he found one to suit him,
the play was fine, the concert delicious;
otherwise, everybody played badly or sang
false. His heart so abhorred a vacuum,
that in presence of a mediocre beauty it
spurred him to believe her perfect. You
will realize without my help, that this universal susceptibility was by no means licentiousness, but innocence. He loved all
women without telling them so, for he had
never dared to speak to one. He was the
most candid and inoffensive of roues; Don
Juan, if you please, but before Donna Julia.
When he was in love, he rehearsed to
himself courageous declarations, which
regularly died upon his lips. He paid his
court; laid open the very bottom of his
soul; held long conversations and charming dialogues, in which he made both the
questions and replies. He made appeals
energetic enough to soften rocks, and
warm enough to melt ice; but no woman