"Under no circumstances does he get good natured until noon. If he has to get up early in the morning you have to converse with him in signs most of the day because he pants so hard that his mouth cannot open in conversation. He is a lovely travelling companion, if he happens to be in the next coach."
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Frank Finch, quoted in A Gentleman of Broadway by E. P. Hoyt
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