"Pooh! Don't be blue about it."
"I can't help it, I know I did not suit them."
"Yes, you did."
"What made them laugh at me and swear at me, then?"
"That is the fashion; you must talk right up to them. If they swear at you, swear at them back again—that is, the clerks and salesmen. If they give you any 'lip,' let 'em have as good as they send."
"I don't want to do that."
"Must do it, Harry. 'Live and learn' is my motto. When you go among the Romans, do as the Romans do."
Harry did not like this advice; for he who, among the Romans, would do as the Romans do, among hogs would do as the hogs do.
"If I only suit them, I don't care."
"You do; I heard Wake tell Wade that you were a first-rate boy."