"So you are still in the city?" she said abruptly.
"Yes, Miss Ferguson," answered Ruth calmly.
"Of course you are very poor. I think I can get you a place as chambermaid in the family of one of my friends."
"Thank you, but I have a position I like better."
"What sort of a position?"
"I am in a lawyer's office, copying legal papers."
"Indeed! I suppose you are poorly paid."
"I receive ten dollars a week."
"That is ridiculously high pay. Of course you don't earn it."
"Mr. Lindsay fixed the salary—I did not."