In the Reading, Crito Worries That Many People "Will Believe

In the reading, Crito worries that many people "will believe that I might have saved you if I had been willing to give money, but that I did not care. Now, can there be a worse disgrace than this-that I should be thought to value money more than the life of a friend?" To which Socrates responds, "But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many?"