“Easily.”
The man slid his pouch into a pocket and rose to his feet.
“My dear,” he said, “unless the increase in salary is too big to be ignored, my advice is to stay where you are.”
There was a pause.
At length—
“I think I ought to say,” said Spring slowly, “that the offer was made by a man.”
Willoughby’s heart gave one bound.
For a second he hesitated. Then—
“That alters everything,” he said.
“Why?”