You won't be quite to thick with Frank, now, I expect." "Why shouldn't I be ?" "Because he is just as poor as you are.

He never can help you." "Mark Manning, I believe you are about the meanest boy I ever encountered, and you judge me by yourself!" "Do you mean to insult me?
Mind what you say!" blustered Mark, unpleasantly surprised at this outburst from a boy whom he expected would now transfer his allegiance from Frank to himself.
"I mean that you and your father have robbed Frank of his inheritance, and glory in it, and you think that I am mean enough to desert him because he is no longer rich.

It makes no difference to me whether he is rich or poor.

I think I like him all the better because he has been so badly treated.

As for you, I despise you, and shall continue to, even if you get the whole of Frank's money." "You forget that you are talking to a gentleman, you low-born mechanic!" said Mark, angrily.
"You a gentleman!" replied Herbert, contemptuously.