“Investment securities.”
He seemed rather pleased that she was showing so much interest.
“You see, the house buys a batch of securities wholesale and then sells them at retail––just as a grocer does.”
“Don!”
“It’s the same thing,” he nodded.
“Then I should call it anything but an attractive occupation.”
“That’s because you don’t understand. You see, here’s a man with some extra money to invest. Now, when you go to him, maybe he has something else in mind to do with that money. What you have to do––”
“Please don’t go into details, Don,” she interrupted. “You know I wouldn’t understand.”
“If you’d just let me explain once,” he urged.