SAM. [Reading:]—"been absent. And we can guarantee your regular employment in our offices here or at any other station you may prefer. Yours very truly, etc.,—Superintendent."
EM'LY. Well, what do you think?
SAM. Not much—Bollinger says we can get twenty thousand dollars.
EM'LY. I know—that's what he told Jim too—he wanted us to put off the wedding.
SAM. Jim?
EM'LY. No—Bollinger—
SAM. Why?
EM'LY. He said it would make a stronger case.
SAM. [Resenting the idea.] Well, see here, Em'ly—
EM'LY. I'm only telling you what Bollinger said.