Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quote

He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character might be, he was usually not inclined to be censorious or even inquisitive about the conduct of his fellow-creatures.


Chapter XVII: "Fine Body of Men" - Trent's Own Case (1936)


He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character...

He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character...

He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character...

He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character...