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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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- Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and the loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety.†
p. 24.6unobtrusive = fitting in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
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(unobtrusive) fitting in so as not to attract much attention or disturb
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)