Don’t make any mistake, my boy. It’s a great thing to be descended from gentle-people, a thing to be proud of and to be thankful for.
JOHNNY
Mother says the great thing is for every one to be of some use in the world. Are gentle-people of more use in the world than other people, grandfather?
DE MULLIN
Certainly.
JOHNNY
And were all these old men gentle-people?
DE MULLIN
All of them. And you must grow up like them.