He thought a moment.
“Well, I don’t suppose a man can cut off everything just because he’s in business.”
“That’s part of the business––at the beginning,” she returned.
“To work all the time?”
“To work all the time,” she nodded. “I wish I had your chance.”
“My chance to work?” he laughed.
“Your chance to get ahead,” she answered. “It’s all so easy––for a man!”
“Easy?”
“You don’t have to do anything but keep straight and keep at work. You ought to have taken those circulars home with you last night and learned them by heart.”
“I’ve read ’em. But, hang it all, they don’t mean anything.”