"I did, sir, thank——"
"Yes, yes," broke in Leighton, "we know. Well, Nelton, your pay is raised. Ten per cent."
"Yes, sir," said Nelton, unmoved. "Thank you, sir."
"As I was saying," continued Leighton to Lewis, "a country where money can't buy little things. A leveled country where there's less under dog than anywhere else on the face of the earth. A people that's more communal and less socialistic than any other commonwealth. A happy nation, my boy—a happy nation of discontented units. Do you get that? Of discontented units."
"Yes, I think I do," said Lewis.
"You don't, but you will in time," said Leighton.
CHAPTER XLI
WHEN Lewis burst upon Folly with the news that his father had given not only consent to the marriage, but half his income to smooth the way to it, Folly frowned. What was the game? she wondered. But the first thing she asked was:
"And how much is that?"
Lewis stammered, and said really he didn't know, which made Folly laugh.
Then he told her about the six months and the trip to America. Whereupon
Folly nodded her head and said: