Young Zahn laughed.
“I wish I did,” he said.
“Vell, young mans, you’re getting pretty near it; you’re getting on that vay.”
“That’s why it would be wise to take me into your business.”
“I dare say; but all you vant is to marry my taughter Rachel.”
“I want to marry her, that’s true, but there are plenty of fish in the sea.”
“And there are plenty other pizz’ness besides mine. You haf my answer.”
The bank-clerk got up. “What I propose is for your good as well as mine. I don’t want to ruin you; I want to see you prosper.”
“You ruin me? How do you do that? If I change my bank, how do you affect me?”
“But you would have to pay off your overdraft first.”