Though Harry had never lived in Boston, be knew that this was a fashionable street, and he had no difficulty in inferring that Mr.Vincent was a rich man.

He felt what a wide gulf there was socially between himself and Oscar; one the son of a very poor country farmer, the other the son of a merchant prince.

But nothing in Oscar's manner indicated the faintest feeling of superiority, and this pleased Harry.

I may as well say, however, that our hero was not one to show any foolish subserviency to a richer boy; he thought mainly of Oscar's superiority in knowledge; and although the latter was far ahead of Harry on this score, he was not one to boast of it.
Harry, in return for Oscar's confidence, acquainted him with his own adventures since he had started out to earn his own living.

Oscar was most interested in his apprenticeship to the ventriloquist.
"It must have been jolly fun," he said.