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At that rate the boy was ` father of the man ' with a vengeance , and one might hear next that ` the baby was father of the boy . ' They would find common sense a more benevolent ruler than poetical metaphysics . When he had done , Austin , with his customary directness , asked him what he meant . `` I confess , Adrian , '' said the baronet , hearing him expostulate with Austin 's stupidity , `` I for one am at a loss . I have heard that this man , Bakewell , chooses voluntarily not to inculpate my son . Seldom have I heard anything that so gratified me . It is a view of innate nobleness in the rustic 's character which many a gentleman might take example from .