Only from the middle classes one gets ideas, and from the common people--life itself, warmth.

You feel their hates and loves." "It's all very well, my boy.

But, then, why don't you go and talk to your father's pals ?" "But they're rather different." "Not at all.

They're the common people.

After all, whom do you mix with now--among the common people?
Those that exchange ideas, like the middle classes.