It is his mother, not Ditson, I am thinking about.

I do not wish to cause her so much pain." "Oh, come off! If a fellow is such a snake as Ditson, he must get it from his parents on one side or the other.

Perhaps his mother is not so good." "I do not wish to think that of any fellow's mother.

I much prefer to think that he takes all his bad qualities from the other side of the house.

I remember my own mother--the dearest, gentlest, sweetest woman in all the world! How she loved me! How proud she was of me! All the better part of my nature I owe to her, God bless her!" Frank spoke with deep feeling, and Rattleton was touched and silenced.
Merriwell arose and walked the floor, and there was an expression of the utmost tenderness and adoration on his face--a look that brought something like a mist to Harry's eyes.