To begin with Mr. Cowlishaw - aged twenty-four, a fair-haired bachelor with a weak mustache – was a commencing dentist. He had bought the practice of the retired Mr. Rapper, a dentist of very old school. His place of business – whatever high-class dentists choose to call it – was quite ready for Mr. Cowlishaw when he arrived at Hanbridge.
Mr. Cowlishaw was a well-educated and cultured person. Moreover he kept pace (идти в ногу) with everyday life and was well up in a lot of events that happened in the town. So Mr. Cowlishaw almost didn't wonder when Mr. Ranock came to the surgery and displayed Mr. Cowlishaw his widowed gum, because Mr. Cowlishaw had read the article about football match in the football edition of the Signal. But surely it was very unexpected to had him as a client on the first opening day of the surgery.
In addition it should be noted that Mr. Cowlishaw was dedicated to his occupation and didn't sinned against professional etiquette. He refused to fall in Mr. Ranock's genius scheme because it would be unprofessional for Mr. Cowlishaw to do this.
On the other hand Mr. Cowlishaw was a bit of nervous man. He was in panic when he took Mrs. Clowes' tooth out. She was mayoress and had a great influence in the town, and all the patronage of the aristocracy of Hanbridge was within Mr. Cowlishaw grasp... And the mere fact that she was his first real client caused him feel panic
I consider Mr. Cowlishaw healthy-minded (здравомыслящий), knowledgeable and intelligent character. I also believe he is easy to deal with and I would get on with such person like he.