It was a lesson he was compelled to learn, though some folks live out their lifetimes without ever finding out that.
"'Tis wealth, good sir, makes honorable men." Some people think a rich man is no better than a poor man, except so far as he behaves himself better.

It is strange how stupid some people are! Bobby had no notion of cringing to any man, and he felt as independent as the Declaration of Independence itself.

But then the beautiful lady had told him that he was pert and forward; and when he thought it over, he was willing to believe she was right.

Colonel Whiting was an old man, compared with himself; and he had some faith, at least in theory, in the Spartan virtue of respect for the aged.

Probably the nabob of B---- would have objected to being treated with respect on account of his age; and Bobby would have been equally unwilling to acknowledge that he treated him with peculiar respect on account of his wealth or position.
Perhaps the little merchant had an instinctive perception of expediency--that he should sell more books by being less familiar; at any rate he determined never again to use the flowery speeches he had arranged for the upper crust.
He had sold a dozen books; and possibly this fact made him more willing to compromise the matter than he would otherwise have been.
This was, after all, the great matter for congratulation, and with a light heart he hurried back to the railroad station to procure another supply.
We cannot follow him into every house where his calling led him.