“Gracious, Cassie! but you are putting it on thick!”
“I’ve been thinking of this since I saw how you filled Lawrence’s place. On the dead quiet, I think you can do just as good a job now as he can, and he’s given leads almost all the time. When you have to play gentleman parts, you’ve got the natural air, and Lawrence lacks that, for he never had the breeding. I wish they’d kept you pegging away, instead of shoving you on ahead.”
“I don’t mind it, Cassie, for I want to learn every branch of the business. I may not stick to the profession, but it is fascinating to me, and——”
“You like it?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t mind the knocking around?”
“Rather enjoy that.”
“Poor beds and poor grub?”
“I can stand it.”
“Poor business?”