"I don't know about that. He invited me to call at his office when I came to the city."
"That is hardly likely to do you any good. Business doesn't call you to the city very often."
"That is true," said Mark, his temper undisturbed.
"A quarter would have helped you more, especially now that you are out of work."
"I am glad you sympathize with me, James. Perhaps you will ask your father to take me back into the shop?"
"Not after the mean way in which you treated me. I swore I'd come up with you, and I have."
"I hope you'll enjoy your revenge."
"I do, you may be sure of that. If you had minded your own business, it would have been better for you."
"I am not sure about that. It may surprise you, James, to hear that I wouldn't go back to the shop, if your father were to call and ask me to do so."
"That's a likely story!"