His Manner is to express himself surprised at the Chearful Countenance of a Man whom he observes diffident of himself; and generally by that means makes his Lie a Truth.

They met in secret, and we may picture them a little diffident in so strange a place, ever expectant of the swift descent of the Kureisch and their own annihilation.

[1290] 'He was always indulgent to the young, he never attacked the unassuming, nor meant to terrify the diffident.'