He found her in the next room and she gave him a smile. “I expect mother has told you I'm not as poor as you thought. Are you pleased or not?”
“I'm pleased for your sake, because there's not much risk of your finding things too hard, but I'd have been proud to marry you if you had nothing at all.”
“Not even a certain prettiness?” Helen asked.
“Your beauty's something to be thankful for; but after all it's, so to speak, an accident, like your money. It wasn't your beauty, but you, I fell in love with.”
Helen blushed. “Ah!” she said, “now you're very nice indeed!”
CHAPTER XI
SADIE USES PRESSURE
It was getting cold in the small back office when Sadie put down her pen and went into the store. She was cramped with sitting, for she had been occupied with accounts for several hours and the stove had burned low.
“You can quit now, Steve,” she said to the clerk. “Put out the lights, but don't lock up. I'm going to wait until the boss comes.”