He says, “Oh she is having the time of her life because this getting syked is the best thing that is ever come along so she says.”
And then he goes on to tell me about this and it seems that a lady pays this syking man ten dollars an hour to listen to her troubles and about her soul and she gets to be more and more interested in that syker and that is a regular part of the treatment it seems and it is called by a long name it is a Transference.
And I says, “Well Mr. Edgerton they are always getting new names for old things,” I says, “for when you go to a moving picture that thing is what is called a Triangle.”
He laughs and says that is so but I can see that he is kind of sore about it and he says, “That feller is got Mrs. Edgerton running there to see him every day and telling him her fusses with me and he is calling her up on the phone and making dates with her and I have made up my mind that I am not going to stand it much longer and I have told her so in plain words.”
And I says, “But look here Mr. Edgerton,” I says, “how is this that you are calling me up on the phone and making dates with me and you do not want her to object to that,” I says.
“Oh,” he says, “but that is different.”
And I says, “But why is it different?” and he says, “Because it is a matter of business with you and me.”
And I says, “Yes, but it is a matter of business with him also and if he is getting ten dollars an hour for it it is a matter of very good business indeed.”
He is kind of embarrassed and says, “She has not failed to point that out to me.” And I says, “She naturally would not fail because we women are good at seeing things that is right in front of our eyes,” I says, “and what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander though not meaning to speak disrespectful of you and Mrs. Edgerton,” I says. “Now you have got to give her a square deal and you may be sure that I am not going to help you do nothing else.”
And he laughs and says that I have become his syker and I says, “Well at least I have cost you less than ten dollars an hour,” I says.