? ? ? ? "But about the pay; I have made up my mind to pay you five dollars a week."
? ? ? ? "Five dollars a week!" Frank repeated. "It is much more than my services will be worth sir."
? ? ? ? "Let me judge of that, Frank."
? ? ? ? "I don't know how to thank you, sir," said Frank, gratefully. "I never expected to be so rich. I shall have no trouble in paying for Grace's board and clothes now. When do you want me to begin reading to you?"
? ? ? ? "You may as well begin to-night--that is, unless you have some other engagement."
? ? ? ? "Oh, no, sir, I have nothing else to do."
? ? ? ? "Take the Evening Post, then, and read me the leading editorial. Afterward, I will tell you what to read."
? ? ? ? Frank had been reading about half an hour, when a knock was heard at the door.
? ? ? ? "Come in," said Mr. Wharton.
? ? ? ? Mrs. Bradley entered, with a soft, quiet step.
? ? ? ? "I thought, sir," she began, "you might like me to read to you, as usual.
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