Sentence:  'No, no,' said the undertaker; 'not an <WSD>open-handed</WSD> gentleman in general, by any means. There you mistake him; but an afflicted gentleman, an affectionate gentleman, who knows what it is in the power of money to do, in giving him relief, and in testifying his love and veneration for the departed.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Liberal and generous.