He had several hundred dollars, and as a writer he is considerably ahead of either of us.' "'He'll run the paper into the ground,' said Fitz, prophetically.
"'If he does, it'll only be to give it firmer root.' "'You are crazy about that country lout,' said Fitz.

'It isn't much to edit a little village paper like that, after all.' "So you see what your friend Fitz thinks about it.

As you may be in danger of having your vanity fed by compliments from other sources, I thought I would offset them by the candid opinion of a disinterested and impartial scholar like Fitz.
"I told my father of the step you have taken.

'Oscar,' said he, 'that boy is going to succeed.

He shows the right spirit.