"Rosa!" she pouted.
"Rosa, then," he went on, "pleasure is a great thing, but business is a greater. I have been away on business, the business I spoke to you of. Now, you see, I am back again. The other place didn't suit me."
"And grandfather took you on without a word?"
"As you see."
"What is it you are working at?" she asked curiously. "I never knew you had a dynamo here, or that you needed one for watch repairing."
"It is an idea of my own," he told her. "You see, it isn't only watches but every article of jewellery we repair. It saves another assistant."
"What were you working at when I came in?" she persisted.
"A piece of glass, cutting it up into a few of those beautiful diamond brooches you see in the window," he explained. "But don't let's talk about the work. How well you look!"
She tossed her head.
"A lot you care about how well I look," she retorted, "going away like that with never a word!"