...His tall figure, the distinguished simplicity of his air-it was a living...

...His tall figure, the distinguished simplicity of his air-it was a living Vandyke, a cavalier, one of his noble cavalier ancestors, or one to whom her fancy had always likened him, who long of yore had with an Umfraville fought the Paynim far beyond the sea. Was this reality?"
Very little like it, certainly.