"Do you mean that you would like a position in our office?"
"Oh, would n't I! If I could study and study, and practise and practise, and then some day take a dictation from you or father and bring you a perfect copy, I believe I 'd be--Murray, I 'd be the happiest girl that ever lived!"
"You mean that, do you?"
"I do."
"Have you thought that if you took a position in our office, or in any other, you 'd be shutting out some poor girl who really needs the salary?"
"Yes, I've thought of it. I know that's an argument against it. But, Murray, don't you think the rich men's daughters need employment sometimes quite as much as the poor ones do? Why, I 'm telling you I envy the poor ones!"
"I know; but the fact remains that they need the money, and you don't."
"Are n't you keeping some poor man out of the salary you get by taking the place of father's right hand man?"
Murray laughed. "There's a back-hander for me! But I 'm practically a partner, you know, and a firm can't do without its heads, no matter how many poor fellows would like the job."
"And you have the right to make something of yourself. But I have n't because I should be taking work away from some girl who needs it. I don't want to do that. I 'd work for nothing, or give my salary away."