"And didn't you promise to take me some night in return?"
"I should like to do it well enough," said Roswell, "but I never have any money."
"You might have some if you chose."
"The way you mentioned?"
"Yes."
"I don't like to try it."
"Then you are foolish. It's what half the clerks do. They have to."
"Do you think many do it?" said Roswell, irresolutely.
"To be sure they do," said Ralph, confidently.