“They are just now, so far as money goes. I get a larger salary than you.”
Tom was very much incensed at this remark, being aggrieved by the fact that Herbert received more than he.
“I didn't mean that,” said he. “Of course, if Mr. Godfrey chooses to give away money in charity, it is none of my business. I don't need any charity.”
“Mr. Godfrey pays me for my services,” said Herbert. “If he pays me too liberally now, I hope to make it up to him afterward.”
“You seemed to be very intimate with Julia Godfrey last evening,” said Tom, unpleasantly.
“I found her very pleasant.”
“Yes; she is very kind to take notice of you.”
“I suppose the notice you have taken of me this morning is meant in kindness,” said Herbert, thinking his cousin very disagreeable.
“Yes, of course, being in the same counting-room, I think it right to take some notice of you,” said Tom, condescendingly.
“I am very much obliged to you,” said Herbert, sarcastically.