You had no right to call him a failure. Nobody who was loved as much as he was could be a failure. I don't believe anybody loved you. And I'm not going to die of consumption. I wanted to hear what was going to become of me.
Listeners never hear any good of themselves.
Your mother would never have done that, Emily. Little pitchers have big ears, And we have much to do. Replace the face that taunts and sneers With one that's tried and true. Old manners learned a-new. And children are but childish, Their minds are incomplete.