This page has been validated.
92
THE EUROPEANS.
[CH.
"He, then, has the epicurean temperament! How old is he?"
"He is a boy of twenty; a pretty young fellow, but I am afraid he has vulgar tastes. And then there is Mr. Brand—a very tall young man, a sort of lay-priest. They seem to think a good deal of him, but I don't exactly make him out."
"And is there nothing," asked the Baroness, "between these extremes—this mysterious ecclesiastic and that intemperate youth?"
"Oh, yes; there is Mr. Acton, I think," said the young man, with a nod at his sister, "that you will like Mr. Acton."
"Remember that I am very fastidious,"
