“I hope they won’t lose any sleep over the matter; I know I sha’n’t.”
“Well, the little girl would have been drowned only for you.”
“I guess she would,” admitted Jack. “I didn’t expect to get anything for what I did; but all the same, I’m not kicking because I was presented with a good job. We need the money, sis.”
“When do you begin your duties?”
“To-morrow morning at nine o’clock.”
“And when do you get through?”
“Five o’clock.”
“Dear me, you have bankers’ hours, haven’t you?”
“I’m satisfied.”
“I should think you would be,” smiled his sister. “Now, if we hadn’t lost the rent money, I think we would all be perfectly happy.”