"You think I went to the levee to please myself.

I didn't." "And is that why you are sorry you went?
Don't make yourself out worse than you are, Dick.

You've done a plucky thing for once in a way, and got yourself into a row with the Den, and I really don't see that you have very much to reproach yourself with." "I don't care a farthing for the Den," said Dick.
"But you do for yourself.

If I were you, I wouldn't let myself be floored by one reverse.

Stick to your man, and you'll get him out of the hands of the Philistines after all." This little talk did Dick good, and cleared his mind.