"All told, and in round numbers, there are forty-seven dollars and three cents left."
"It's marvellous! wonderful!" Priscilla exclaimed. "You are sure, Mr. Boswell?"
"Do you doubt me?"
"Sometimes I do, you are so kind, so generous, and under ordinary circumstances it would seem impossible to buy things so cheap. You must select your shops carefully."
"One has to on a moderate allowance."
Then quite suddenly Priscilla Glenn spoke quickly and breathlessly:
"Mr. Boswell, I—I must begin my training. Have you made any arrangements? And, when I go, will they pay me from the start?"
Boswell grew grave as he thought of the knowledge that would come concerning dollars and cents later on.
"I have started operations," he replied; "in a short time you will be able to begin your studies, and I hear they will pay you the princely sum of ten dollars a month from the day you are accepted. Canadians are greatly in demand."
"Ten dollars!" gasped Priscilla, "Ten dollars a month! when I think what this hundred has done, and the twelve months in each year, it—it dazzles me!"