"The main thing is to keep him among people, not to drop him.

The gregarious may be shamed, but if anything, any incident, happens to drive him outside by himself, if he should become solitary, there's not a chance in the world for him.

...

It's a pity.

I know he meant to make himself the exception to the rule--and look! Already one carouse of his has landed him in the daily papers!" Sylvia flushed and looked up: "Grace, may I ask you a plain question ?" "Yes, child," she answered absently.
"Has it occurred to you that what you have said about this boy touches me very closely ?" Mrs.Ferrall's wits returned nimbly from woolgathering, and she shot a startled, inquiring glance at the girl beside her.
"You--you mean the matter of heredity, Sylvia ?" "Yes.