"Now we'll go out," said Clayton. "I have one or two calls to make on the street."
"Do you trust your clerks to do the work while you are away?"
"Oh, yes, they understand their duties. Things will go on like clockwork. You see we have a perfect system."
"You don't do business alone, do you?"
"No, there are several of us in the firm. I may say frankly that I only have one-fourth interest in the business. Still I am well paid, very well paid."
"I s'pose you have to pay a big rent."
"Ten thousand dollars a year."
"You don't say! Why, you can get a big store where I live for only twelve dollars a month."
"Very likely; but there is a good deal of difference between the country and the city. Now let us walk along Broadway, down to the Battery. We will sit down there, and I will tell you what I can offer your son."