"_She is the most domesticated darling imaginable_;" _i.e._, "A dull,
sock-darning dowdy."
"_Quite a beauty-man, and nice--to those who like that sort of
thing_;" _i.e._, "An awfully handsome fellow, who won't worship me."
"_Grim rather at first, but grows upon one wonderfully_;" _i.e._, "He
is softening a little beneath my blandishments."