But toward Bernard none of this evil spirit was manifested.

He seemed to have chosen Bernard for his pet, and Belton for his "pet aversion." To the one he was all kindness; while to the other he was cruel in the extreme.
Often he would purchase flowers from the florist and give to Bernard to bear home to his mother.

On these days he would seemingly take pains to give Belton fresh bruises to take home to _his_ mother.

When he had a particularly good dinner he would invite Bernard to dine with him, and would be sure to find some pretext for forbidding Belton to partake of his own common meal.
Belton was by no means insensible to all these acts of discrimination.
Nor did Bernard fail to perceive that he, himself, was the teacher's pet.

He clambered on to the teacher's knees, played with his mustache, and often took his watch and wore it.