As a result, My beautiful lovely one, the Meg of all the Megs and Margarets and of all the Peggys and of my most Peggy & also of my Grace

The gravity and firmneſs of the mind is conſpicuous in his outvvard demeanor: his ſpeech is ſlovv, vveighty, and conciſe, he is ſeldom provoked to laughter, his only geſture is that of ſtroking his beard, the venerable ſymbol of manhood; and the ſenſe of his ovvn importance teaches him to accoſt his equals vvithout levity, and his ſuperiors vvithout avve.

The mantels and windowsills were of white onyx, with delicate vinings of pink and green. The floor was strewn with richly colored mats and rugs.

As a young gentleman, Charmides was expected to be sophron, self- restrained in his moral behavior, and we learn in the prologue that he so well fulfills this expectation that he is regarded as the most moderate [sophronestatos, 157d6) of the young men of his generation.]