“Extraordinary!” Hans Castorp said. “It is all perfectly new and astonishing to me⁠—I am free to confess. Why, Herr Settembrini we are really very much indebted to you for this new acquaintance. Many a time and oft we shall be going down to pay him a visit⁠—I am sure of that. Such discourse does wonders in the way of enlarging the horizon⁠—it gives one glimpses into a world the existence of which one never dreamed. A proper Jesuit! When I say ‘proper’ the adjective stands for all that passes through my mind as I say it. I mean, is he a real, actual Jesuit? I know you mean a person can’t be proper with the Devil supporting him from behind⁠—but what I mean is, is he proper as a Jesuit