Gloria turned a page in the report she was holding, without taking her attention from the conversation in the private room.
It was always helpful to know the kind of thing people said about you, as well as what they thought. It gave you more facts to work with, and made you more efficient and better able to work at your chosen profession.
Mr. Gerne was saying: "You can discount Mrs. Wladek. That one's a trouble-spot."
"Always has been," Mr. Fredericksohn said.
"All right, then discount her," Mr. Gerne said. "Forget about her. And—outside of that one case—there hasn't been a repeat."
"Some of the clients have died," Mr. Fredericksohn said.
Mr. Gerne waited a second. Then he said: "A little higher percentage than normal. So?"
"I mean, that's a reason for some of the non-repeats."
"And the others?" Mr. Gerne paused a minute and then went on. "You can't discount the girl's record like that."
"I wasn't trying to," Mr. Fredericksohn said mildly. "I was only pointing out—"