Which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him? my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: "how his hair is growing thin!"] and indeed there will be time to wonder, "do i dare?" and, "do i dare?".