"I don't know; I am no longer with him."
"What!" exclaimed Clarence, pricking up his ears. "You are no longer in his employ?"
"No."
"Where is he?"
"I left him in Europe."
"What did he discharge you for?" asked Clarence, cheerfully.
"He didn't discharge me. He was opposed to my leaving him, but we couldn't agree."
"I think you are a fool!" said Clarence, bluntly. "With him you could live like a gentleman. You haven't got another place, have you?"
"No."
"And you won't get one very soon, I can tell you that, except as a boy at three or four dollars a week."