I don't see why the boys treat him as an equal.

I won't, for my part." "Of course, he isn't your equal," said the subservient Ben.

"That's a good joke." "He acts as if he was," said Godfrey, discontentedly.
"It's only his impudence." "You are right," said Godfrey, rather liking this explanation.

"He is one of the most impudent boys I know.

I wish my father would send me to a fashionable school, where I shouldn't meet such fellows.