He was a poor boy, too, and this by no means increased Oscar's respect for him.

But now, Oscar began to feel ashamed of all this; and as instances of his unkind treatment of his generous classmate came up in remembrance, he wished he had the power to blot them from existence.

He determined thenceforth to "stand up" for Benjamin, and began to plan some way of making a return for his manifestation of good feeling.
Ella wanted to carry Benjamin's letter to school, to show to the girls, but Oscar would not allow it to go out of his hands.

She then begged the privilege of copying it, to which he consented.

She did the best she could, no doubt, but her drawings probably did not quite do justice to the subjects; for Oscar declared that her copy was more comical than the original.