“It would make a lot of talk, that’s all,” she concluded quickly. “I can’t afford it.”
“Whom would they talk about?”
“Oh, they wouldn’t talk about you––that’s sure.”
“They would talk about you?”
“They certainly would.”
“What would they say?”
“You think it over,” she replied. “The thing you want to remember is that I’m only a stenographer there, and you––well, if you make good you’ll be a member of the firm some day.”
“I don’t see what that has to do with where you eat or where I eat.”
“It hasn’t, as long as we don’t eat at the same place. Can’t you see that?”
She raised her eyes and met his.