These were his father and Duke.
Mothers must accept the fact that between babyhood and manhood their sons do not boast of them.

The boy, with boys, is a Choctaw; and either the influence or the protection of women is shameful.

"Your mother won't let you," is an insult.

But, "My father won't let me," is a dignified explanation and cannot be hooted.

A boy is ruined among his fellows if he talks much of his mother or sisters; and he must recognize it as his duty to offer at least the appearance of persecution to all things ranked as female, such as cats and every species of fowl.