"They paid my fare here."
"How niggardly in a great state! I can spare you so little myself. But you will begin work at once?"
"To-morrow morning."
"Then ten dollars ought to answer until you draw your first earnings, if you are not extravagant."
"I shan't stop at the Waldorf," promised Jean, grimly. She took the bill, as she had taken the money for the ticket, without thanks, saying only, "I will pay it back."
Another blank silence fell. Mrs. Fanshaw stirred restively.
"I hope that Jeffries girl can be depended on to meet you," she presently remarked.
"I think she can."
"It's certainly a convenience to know somebody at the start, but I don't feel that she is a very desirable associate, whatever Miss Archer thinks. You can drop her later, of course, whenever it seems best."
"Drop her!"