“Yes, he has shown his folly there.”
“I suppose if you had known him well enough you would have dissuaded him from doing it?”
“I certainly should. I don’t mean any reflection upon you, young man, but it stands to reason that a boy of your age is unfit for any large responsibility.”
“Perhaps you are right,” said Guy, a little nettled, “but I shall endeavor to show that he made no mistake.”
“I can’t understand at all how such a man should have made such a blunder. Were you ever in business before you left America?”
“No, sir.”
“What could possibly have recommended you to Mr. Saunders?”
Guy could easily have satisfied his curiosity, but he did not propose to do so.
“We became acquainted, sir, and he employed me in his office in Bombay. So he had some opportunity of becoming familiar with my capacity for business.”
“What did he pay you?”