"I have lost my situation, and have all my time at my own disposal."
"How do you pay your way, then?" enquired Nicholas.
"I have money enough on hand to last me about ten weeks, or, with rigid economy, even longer. Before that time passes, I hope to get another situation."
"How much does it cost you to live?"
"About ten dollars a week."
"Suppose I employ you for about a week," proposed Bundy.
"Is it any work I am fit for?" asked Oliver. "If so, I say yes, and thank you."
"It is something you can do. You must know that it is twenty years since I have set foot in New York, and it's grown beyond my knowledge.I want to go about and see for myself what changes have taken place in it. Will you go with me?"
"Yes, Mr. Bundy, I will go with you, and charge nothing for it."
"That won't do," said the stranger. "I shall insist on paying you ten dollars a week."