Original sentence: Each of his appearances is a virtual monologue in which, under the guise of lively gossip, he subjects the other characters to searching criticism and issues warnings to Charles Ryder, the novel's protagonist on the nature of the English personality, its charm and its (pernicious) relation to Art
Edited sentence: [That's not true, I can think of four off the top of my head, not counting when we have his conversations related to us second-hand.]  Each of his appearances is a virtual monologue in which, under the guise of lively gossip, he subjects the other characters to searching criticism and issues warnings to Charles Ryder, the novel's protagonist on the nature of the English personality, its charm and its (pernicious) relation to Art