This character succeeds in marrying a woman who rejects both Lord Warburton and Caspar Goodwood.
This character conceives of conversation as a "served dessert" of ripe fruits to be piled atop a silver plate signifying his wife's mind. This man insults his daughter's suitor by offering him two fingers of his left hand in greeting as he stands warming his boot soles at the fireplace. While escorting his confidante to her carriage, this character observes that his love interest has "too many ideas," ominously adding, "Fortunately they're very bad ones." In an attempt to impress this character, a young man auctions off his valuable collection of bibelots (BIB-uh-"lows"), keeping only his prized enamels. This man warns of an irrevocable break that will occur if his wife returns to England to see her dying cousin who secretly secured her the fortune she inherited. This man tells Ned Rosier he is not rich enough to marry his illegitimate daughter Pansy. This character succeeds in marrying a woman who rejects both Lord Warburton and Caspar Goodwood. For 10 points, name this husband of Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady.
This character conceives of conversation as a "served dessert" of ripe fruits to be piled atop a silver plate signifying his wife's mind.
Gilbert Osmond [or Gilbert Osmond]