"I don't dislike them. How should I dislike people that I never saw? I dislike those who seek their society simply because they have the reputation of being rich."
"Meaning me."
"No; not meaning you. I don't dislike you, as you know very well, though I do dislike the fact that you should run after these people. I was thinking of the Longestaffes then."
"Do you suppose, my friend, that I run after them for my own gratification? Do you think that I go to their house because I find pleasure in their magnificence; or that I follow them down here for any good that they will do me?"
"I would not follow them at all."

"I don't dislike them. How should I dislike people that I never saw? I dislike those who seek their society simply because they have the reputation of being rich."
"Meaning me."
"No; not meaning you. I don't dislike you, as you know very well, though I do dislike the fact that you should run after these people."
"Do you suppose, my friend, that I run after them for my own pleasure? 