NORA: And the next month we cut down the commissions, and the profits were five thousand more!
GIBSON: But those were returns under the old commissions.
NORA: But last month, with new economies, we showed a larger profit than you had!
GIBSON: And this month?
NORA: We shan't know that until the report's read at the meeting to-morrow. I think it will be the largest profit of all.
CARTER: That bookkeeper's workin' on it to-day. Talked like he was going to cut us down two or three thousand, mebbe. [Laughing.] That's the way he always talks.
NORA: He isn't a good influence.
CARTER: No—too gloomy, too gloomy to suit me!
GIBSON: What about the two other bookkeepers?
CARTER: The committee voted them into the packing department; and they ain't much good even there. It's a crime!