Sentence:  'I do not know which is the worse,' he cried, 'the fraudulent old villain or the <WSD>unmanly</WSD> young cub. ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.