It was assumed that one was always solicitous of people's feelings and ready to offer comfort, and contemptuous of those who disrespectfully slighted others.
" I shall lookforward to seeing you at one o'clockthen." He stretched out his hand once more, intending to dismiss him, but Larry grinned at him impudently.
As Fanny had put it, it did seem as if they had been impertinently discussing Mrs. Thornton's feelings; but she also rose up against that lady's manner of showing that she was offended.