It makes absolutely no difference to me , " P. bristled . " De Man's one of the fairest and most - decent men I've met here . Besides , if you want anti - Semitism , my first week in grad school , a Sterling Fucking Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages complained in a class how they were admitting too many'New York Jews'. 
Question: What may be the reason for P. being bristled ?
He was being accused of something that others do .