He referred to his diminutive stature.

He spoke ironically of his work as a cabinet maker, and advised Douglas to stick to it and leave the profession of the law alone.

He characterized him as a strolling fellow who was trying to break into the favor of the community with an impudence as effective as burglar's tools.

What did Douglas know of law?
Who would trust his interests to a lawyer so inexperienced?
When had Douglas had time to master its simplest principles?
Who could not see through Douglas' thin scheme to attach his fortunes to the chariot of the great but misguided Jackson?
Why had Douglas leaped to the defense of Jackson in this community, like a fice coming to the aid of a mastiff?
Why, if not to get a bone for his own hungry stomach?
Everything in the way of a taunt, a slur, a degrading image, a mockery of youth's ambition, an attack upon obscurity trying to rise, were thrown by Wyatt at Douglas.

All the while Douglas sat imperturbed, his head at a slight angle, which gave him the appearance of attentive listening; and with a genial smile on his face that was lighted a little with ironic confidence.