'Nay, worthy Sir, you are too kind,' the young man modestly replied; 'I

have done nothing to merit your good opinion, though I am happy to have
gained it
'Nay, worthy Sir, you are too kind,' the young man modestly replied; 'I
have done nothing to merit your good opinion, though I am happy to have
gained it. I rejoice that accident has so far befriended me as to bring
me here on this festive occasion; and I rejoice yet more that it has
brought me acquainted with a worthy gentleman like yourself, to whom my
rustic manners prove not to be displeasing. I have too few friends to
neglect any that chance may offer; and as I must carve my own way in the
world, and fight for a position in it, I gladly accept any hand that may
be stretched out to help me in the struggle.'