Den Platz zu ihrer Linken nahm Herr Erskine of Treadley ein, ein alter scharmanter und gebildeter Herr, der jedoch die schlechte Gewohnheit des Schweigens angenommen hatte, da er, wie er einmal Lady Agatha erklärt hatte, mit allem, was er zu sagen hatte, vor seinem dreißigsten Lebensjahr fertig geworden war.
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The seat on her left was taken by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, a charming and learned old gentleman, who had, however, contracted the bad habit of silence, having, as he had once explained to Lady Agatha, finished all he had to say before he was thirty.
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