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Not that this private criticism prevented either from vying with the younger officers in their attentions to Maggie , with perhaps the addition of an open eulogy of her handsome brother , more or less invidious in comparison to the officers . `` I suppose it 's an active out-of-door life gives him that perfect grace and freedom , '' said Emily , with a slight sneer at the smartly belted Calvert . `` Yes ; and he do n't drink or keep late hours , '' responded Cicely significantly . `` His sister says they always retire before ten o'clock , and that although his father left him some valuable whiskey he seldom takes a drop of it . '' `` Therein , '' gravely concluded Captain Kirby , `` lies OUR salvation . If , after such a confession , Calvert does n't make the most of his acquaintance with young Culpepper to remove that whiskey from his path and bring it here , he 's not the man I take him for . '' Indeed , for the moment it seemed as if he was not .