"He's a good boy underneath,"she must have thought, "a terrible temper, no self-control, but he's sorry, and he is a good boy underneath." Leper was closer to the truth. (146)
He's guessing what Leper's mother though of him and he compared it to what Leper had said ["Always were a savage underneath" (145)]. He's showing here that he's agreeing with Leper, even though he got mad at him. People don't like to be told their faults or shortfalls. Secretly, Gene agreed with Leper when he mocked him, but he didn't want to hear it and so he retaliated with violence. He wanted to forget what he did, and Leper's bringing it up made him remember. He's guilty and conflicted and contradictory with himself, as if he's split in half.
Was Leper just half asleep? Why was he having these visions? He hadn't seen any fighting yet, right?
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