“It’s fierce,” he answered. “It’s mostly arithmetic.”
“It all helps,” she said. “All you have to do now is just to keep at it. Keeping posted on the bonds?”
“Yes. But as fast as I learn a new one, it’s sold.”
“That’s all right,” she answered. “The more you learn, the better. Some day Mr. Farnsworth will call you in and turn you loose on your friends.”
“You think so?”
“I know it, if you keep going. But you can’t let up––not for one day.”
“If I can only last through the summer,” he reflected aloud. “Have you ever spent a summer in town?”
“Where else would I spend a summer?” she inquired.
“I like the mountains myself. Ever been to Fabyan House?”