"Do you think Squire Bates is a rich man, Adin?"
"I don't know. He's a lawyer, and keeps his affairs mighty close."
"That boy of his—Brandon—is his very image, even to the teeth."
"Well, he does favor his father considerable."
"Dean doesn't like him. He's a very big feeling boy. He looks down on Dean because he is the nephew of a poor man."
"O, he'll get wiser in time. We mustn't mind them young folks so much. Boys will be boys."
"So they will, but there's different kinds of boys."
"I guess there's room enough in the world for both of them. If they don't like each other they can keep apart."
"Dean is an excellent boy. I don't know how we should get along without him."