“Mr. Mahone!”
“My angel! My—my——”
“Never mind, Robert; this is business. I despise mixing up things.”
“Business is pleasure, where you are concerned, Miss Post.”
“That is just what I hope it will lead to in the end, for it’s a great thing, I can tell you.”
“Indeed! Well, that don’t astonish me! You was born to great things, Miss Post. No mistake about that!”
“Which I am ready to share,” answered Ellen, “for it will take more than one to earn five thousand dollars!”
“Five thousand dollars! Why, Ellen, you take away my breath.”
“It took away mine, at first; but now I am ready for work. Are you?”
“Am I ready to make five thousand dollars! Try me, that’s all.”