“What? Oh, go ahead! Those are no two-fers; they’re straight tens. Needn’t be afraid of them.”
“I’m not afraid of them.”
“Not? What’s the matter, then?”
“I do not smoke.”
The manager stared harder than before.
“Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t——Do you swear?”
“No, sir.”
“Then I’m afraid you won’t make a first-class property man. No man can handle properties unless he swears.”
Frank laughed.
“I didn’t suppose it was absolutely necessary to swear in order to do any kind of work successfully,” he said.