“I’ve just come from there––or almost there––whereever it is.”
“Stiles is my name––G. B. Stiles. Good name for a 345 dry-goods salesman, don’t you think so? I know the styles all right, for men, and women too. Like it out west?”
“Yes. Very well.”
“Been there long?”
“Oh, two or three years.”
“Had enough of it, likely?”
“Well, I can scarcely say that.”
“Mean to stay east now?”
“I may. I’m not settled yet.”
“Better take up my line. If I drop out, there’ll be an opening with my firm––good firm, too. Ward, Williams & Co., New York. Been in New York, I suppose?”