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He lacks the skills of other gentleman who share his wealth
and merit. He knows not how to woo a woman, as this such
occasion might call for. He is not a flatterer – or perhaps, it
is that he cares not for the decorum of such ways that, when
he answers the woman, he does not stray to the nonsensical.

    “ No, madam. At the very least, I do not recall making your acquaintance. ”