What is the conductor attitude toward Ántonia

The conductor makes a special note of the fact that the immigrant car is separate from all the others. He notes that the passengers know very little English an can hardly speak English, inferring that they aren't very smart. He does, however, intimating that they are not intelligent. He does, however, believe Antonia is different and sees her as both physically attractive and intelligent.

'They can't any of them speak English, except one little girl, and all she can say is "We go Black Hawk, Nebraska." She's not much older than you, twelve or thirteen, maybe, and she's as bright as a new dollar. Don't you want to go ahead and see her, Jimmy? She's got the pretty brown eyes, too!'