Did Marks Pasinsky send you here?" he asked.
"Well, he give you as a reference," Abe replied.
"All right," B. Gans continued. "You tell Marks Pasinsky from me that I says he's a good salesman and that why he left me was by mutual consent."
"Sure," Abe said, "but I wanted to ask you more about Pasinsky. You see, Pasinsky wants to come to work by us as salesman, and I want to find out a few things about him first."
"Well, I'm just telling you, ain't I?" Gans replied. "I said Marks Pasinsky was a good salesman and the reason why he left me was by mutual consent; and you tell Pasinsky that that's what I said it, and if you'll excuse me I got business to attend to."
He turned away and fairly ran toward the rear of the loft, while Abe, now thoroughly mystified, returned to his place of business.
"Well, Abe," Morris cried as his partner entered. "What for a reference did you get it from B. Gans?"
"The reference is all right, Mawruss," Abe replied. "B. Gans says that Pasinsky is a good salesman and that the reason he left was by mutual consent."
"Mutual consent?" Morris exclaimed. "What kind of reasons is that for firing a feller?"
"Gans didn't fire him, Mawruss," Abe said. "He left by mutual consent."