ABSTRACT
Baron litchstein was a tall thin man, prominently featured with dark eyes; his complexion was pale and sallow, with an air of hypocrisy; a calm malicious sneer, with an appearance of deliberate tranquil villany, was spread over his countenance. His / fortune was much incumbered; but as his connexions were extensive, he contrived to live in elegance, his patrons (for a moderate consideration) having the command of his services on the most dishonourable occasions: yet so complete was his dissimulation, that he preserved his character in the eye of the world, though equal to the commission of the most atrocious actions. This was the character to whom the Solitary consigned the guidance of a self-willed inexperienced youth. He knew the Baron to be of consequence in the world; he thought of no other requisite. Whether he was radically corrupt, or firmly honest, he knew not; for he conceived Waldorf would soon return disgusted with sublunary pursuits, and it / was therefore useless to consider under whose patronage he went. Waldorf accordingly was introduced to Litchstein’s family with much cordiality, the remainder of whom must not pass undescribed.
