He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing. He was too diffident to do… — Jane Austen
He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing. He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart.
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