But if there was one man he hated more than another, it was his neighbour Mr. Primero; and if one woman, it was Mrs. Primero. Primero, whom Mr. Longestaffe regarded as quite an upstart, and anything but a gentleman, owed no man anything. 
But he regarded the Primeros as upstarts. Mr. Primero was not a gentleman. He owed no man anything. 