The Count of Monte Cristo

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"And with all this, how unassuming he is! I should never have taken him
for anything more than a mere major."

"And you would have flattered him, for certainly, as you say, he has
no manner. The first time I saw him he appeared to me like an old
lieutenant who had grown mouldy under his epaulets. But all the Italians
are the same; they are like old Jews when they are not glittering in
Oriental splendor."

"The young man is better," said Danglars.

"Yes; a little nervous, perhaps, but, upon the whole, he appeared
tolerable. I was uneasy about him."

"Why?"

"Because you met him at my house, just after his introduction into the