"As jobbing secretary."
"As what?"
"As jobbing secretary."
"Who to?"
"Why, to himself, of course."
"He's engaged you as jobbing secretary to himself? What are you going to do?"
"How can I tell? I suppose he has something very important which he wants me to do."
"Has he? Oh! When are you going to start on it?"
"To-morrow!"
"To-morrow? What's he going to pay you?"