“Professor Stewart told me to come and see him,” he said to the maid.
“Professor Stewart is out of town,” said she.
“Out of town!” he echoed.
“He's gone to New York,” said she. “He was called away unexpectedly last night.”
“When will he be back?”
“He said he'd try to be back the day after tomorrow; but he wasn't sure.”
Samuel stared at her in consternation.
“What did you want?” she asked.
“He promised me a job.”
“Oh!” said she. “Well, can't you come back later on?” And then, seeing that Samuel had nothing better to do than to stare at her dumbly, she closed the door and went about her business.