"You only say that so you won't have to work in that shop, but, never mind, I'll fix it so he offers it," patiently explained Johnny, and proceeded to make it perfectly plain. "You say that you have come back to work. Don't say another word."
"I have come back to work," repeated Schnitt.
"Then Ersten will ask you: 'In this place?' You say: 'Yes.'"
Heinrich began to shake his head vigorously, but Johnny gave him no chance to refuse.
"You say: 'Yes'!" he emphatically insisted. "Ersten will tell you to take a month off to rest your eyes."
Again Heinrich started to shake his head, and again Johnny hurried on.
"You say: 'Thank you'," he directed; "then you go away. Before your month is up, Ersten will send for you in a new shop!"
"Will he promise it?"
"No," confessed Johnny. "I promised it but Ersten will do it."
Heinrich pondered the matter long and soberly.