'Yes,' said Hazel. 'I thought perhaps that sort existed only in my experience.'
'What is your experience of corners?'
'I have seen two fencesmeet.'
'Yes, but where were you?'
'Mr. Rollo, I am talking seriously. What corners may be "ahead," in this mill-work?'
'None, I hope, that I cannot get round. But if we are to speak seriously, suppose that there should be a sudden failure of orders?'
'So that he could make in two days more than he could sell in six,' said Dr. Arthur, who with arms folded and eyes on the floor was listening keenly.
'But the men could not stop eating just because he stopped selling,' said Hazel, with her usual short run to conclusions.
'Of course,' said Dane laconically.
'Then if the work went on as usual But how long could you do it? That is what Dr. Maryland means,' said Hazel.