And I'd be a real Whittaker, a man who should stand for somethin', as my dad and granddad did afore me.

The town should respect me, and I'd do things to help it along.

And what's it all come to?
Why, every young one on the street is told to be good for fear he'll grow up like me.

Ain't that so?
Course it's so! I'm--" "You SHALL not speak so! Do you imagine that you're not respected by everyone whose respect counts for anything?
Yes, and by others, too.
Don't you suppose Mr.Atkins respects you, down in his heart--if he has one?
Doesn't your housekeeper, who sees you every day, respect and like you?
And little Emily--doesn't she love you more than she does all the rest of us together ?" "Well, I guess Bos'n does care for the old man some, that's a fact.

She says she likes you next best, though.