"Now the problem will be to get Bauer to take the money," said Esther.
"It's going to be a delicate matter."
"Do you think so? I hadn't thought of that. Surely Walter can manage it.
He will have to take it."
"I think you will find it is not so easy. It seemed to me last winter that Mr. Bauer was about the most stubborn and independent young man I ever saw."
"But what can he do? He can't help himself. He will have to take it."
"Leave it to Walter to manage," said Esther. "He is better acquainted with him than we are."
So Paul wrote Walter, enclosing a check for $400, and asking him to manage the matter with Bauer the best he could, and at the same time he wrote to Masters telling him of Bauer and making inquiry about the climate and especially concerning the possibility of Bauer fitting into any work about the mission.
After Paul had gone away from the table to his office to attend to this matter, Esther took out Helen's money and quietly handed it to her.
"You won't need to offer this now."
"No, not now," said Helen, blushing.
"Nor any time, I hope. If Mr. Bauer gets well there at Tolchaco he will probably be able to secure permanent work and take care of himself."