"To leave Pleasant Valley? Why? And where would you go, Basil?"
"I am called, because the people want somebody and have pitched upon me. The place is a manufacturing town, not very far from Boston."
"Are you going?"
"That is the point upon which I desire to have your opinion."
"But, Basil, the people here want you too."
"Grant that."
"Then what does it signify, whether other people want you?"
"Insomuch as the 'other people' are more in numbers and far more needy in condition."
"Want you more"—said Diana wistfully.
"That is the plain English of it."