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I think you will admit,
sir, that the quality
of my work during the
last two years has been
such that my services
could not easily be replaced.
I speak more
in pain than in anger
when I say that it has
been a matter of profound
surprise to me to
note that you have not
seen fit to acknowledge
my value to the firm in
some substantial way. I
think I may say that
I have been patient.
I have continued my
efforts with unremitting
zeal, and I think I may
flatter myself that my
endeavors have not been
without result. I have
here, carefully tabulated,
a memorandum of
the increased profits in
my department during
the last twelve months,
due in great part to my
careful management. I
am sorry to have to
force you into a decision,
but I think I owe it to
myself to say candidly
that unless you see the
matter in the same way
that I do I shall feel
obliged to deprive the
firm of my services. | As Delivered
If you are not too
busy, sir, there is one
other matter—in fact,
the truth of the matter
in fact is exactly—well,
sir, I was precisely
wondering whether—of
course I know this is a
bad time—indeed I have
been very pleased to see
business picking up a
bit lately, and I am sure
my own department has
been—but to tell you the
truth, sir, I have been
wondering—of course it
is just as you think best
and I wouldn't think of
insisting, but after all,
perhaps I have made a
mistake in mentioning
it, but I was thinking
that possibly you might
bear in mind the idea of
a possible future raise in
salary at some future
time.
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