"It's a chance of a life time. It means a lot to me and Fanny too."
"Yes, that's true," chimed in his fiancée.
Virginia turned and looked at her sister.
"How?" she demanded.
Jimmie, as usual, replied for his slower-witted partner:
"Do you think," he said, "I want to be a shipping clerk all my life? Well, I don't. I've got ambitions. Yes, and I've got the ability. All I need is a chance and I'd be one of 'em, too."
"One of what?"
"A captain of industry, a magnate, a financier."
"You!"
"Me."