It is more than Harry can or will live up to.

Trust me, mother, for I know the men.

This noisy welcome was not so much a mark of their friendship and admiration as it was a bid for Harry's help and patronage, and when Harry gets weary of giving and doing or becomes unable to give or do, they will feel wronged and offended and perhaps express their dissatisfaction just as pointedly." "He is thy own brother, and I wouldn't be jealous of his popularity if I was thee." "Jealous! Mother! How can you accuse me of such a feeling ?" He could say no more for he was deeply pained at the charge.
"Well, John, I was wrong to say 'jealous.' I said it because it was the ugliest word I could think of at the moment." "If you thought I was jealous, you were right to tell me so." "Nay, my lad, I didn't think so--not for a moment--so I was wrong.

Well, then, we all say the wrong word sometimes." "To be sure we do." "Just out of pure ugliness." "Or misunderstanding ?" "Not in Martha Hatton's case.

She understands well enough.