"Exactly, my dear; but you know to-morrow is pay-day."
"And you have spent your last month's earnings?"
"Yes."
A brief silence ensued, which Albert broke.
"Come, Alice, you've got something on your mind. Out with it—I'll listen."
And then Alice, in a smiling, pleasant way, went on to tell her husband that they ought to be laying up something.
Albert smiled in turn, and asked how such a thing could be done when it cost all he earned to live.
"You earn three dollars and a half a day," said Alice.
"Yes."
"George Summers earns only three dollars a day."