"So you wouldn't do anything to help him?"
"I didn't say that. I didn't say that at all. All I say is that the fellow I'm sorry for is the one who has had and lost, not the one who never had. Now look at Peter John, and Hawley. Their room isn't so good as ours, but it probably is just as good as they expected, or have been used to, so they don't suffer any.""And if you and I had to put up with their room—"
"Why, we'd feel it."
"It's a mighty comfortable way of looking at things, that's all I have to say."
"But it's the true way," said Will glibly. "There's one thing I'm mighty glad of for Peter John's sake."
"What is it?"
"That he rooms with Hawley. I don't believe the sophs will bother him very much."
"Not when Hawley's on hand."
"You think they will when he's not?"
"Yes, sir, I do. Peter John just invites them. It stands right out on his face."