Damnder

Blank departed, and [John] Forster arrived; and in the course of the interview [Charles] Dickens, thinking it would please him, took occasion to tell what had been said about him by Blank. “I am very sorry, my dear Dickens,” said Forster, “that I cannot return the compliment, for a damnder ass than your friend Mr. Blank I never met in a business affair!”