Ben smiled.
"I can look round, at any rate," he answered.
"That's all the good it'll do. You mustn't expect my father to help you."
"I don't. If I had, I should have called before this."
"After throwing up a good place, if you were not discharged, you don't deserve help."
"I am not sure that I shall look for another place," said Ben.
"You are not?" asked Clarence, mystified.
"No; I may go to school a little longer. I haven't as good an education as I should like."
"But how are you going to live while you are doing all this?"