I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.
Source: In Hesketh Pearson, Dickens, ch. 8, 1949.
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.