"But that is the point, exactly! It's not about how they treated one another. It's how they treated you." They walked down the stairs, back into the dirty, smelly lane. Yet Gabriel stopped to fully look at Darius. "These people, whom you called undignified and stupid, are in the middle of a family crisis. And believe me, its more than the death of that poor boy. They'll be evicted in a week's time. They among the poorest of this town. And yet they still welcomed you as a guest and shared what they could. At that was their very dignity. Had you not eaten that bread, you may have saved more for them, but you would have harmed their dignity, their opportunity to show you kindness."