“I am afraid he does.”
“You have my sympathy, Carl. I will do all I can to help you. If you can only get a place in our establishment, you will be all right. Step by step you will rise, till you come to stand where I do.”
“That would satisfy me. Has Mr. Brandes got another daughter?”
“No, there is only one.”
“Then I shall have to be content with the forty dollars a week. If I ever get it, I will save half.”
“I wish I could.”
“You can if you try. Why, you might have two thousand dollars saved up now, if you had only begun to save in time.”
“I have lost more than that at the gaming table. You will think me very foolish.”
“Yes, I do,” said Carl, frankly.
“You are right. But here we are almost at the village.”