? ? ? ? "I didn't know, Mr. Wharton," she commenced, "that you intended to engage a reader."
? ? ? ? "Nor did I propose to do so until last evening."
? ? ? ? "I think--you'll excuse me for saying so--that you will find that boy too young to suit you."
? ? ? ? "I don't think so. He reads very clearly and distinctly."
? ? ? ? "If I had known you thought of engaging a reader, I would have asked you to engage my nephew."
? ? ? ? "Indeed, I was not aware that you had a nephew in the city. Is he a boy?"
? ? ? ? "No; he is a young man. He was twenty years old last June."
? ? ? ? "Is he unfavorably situated?"
? ? ? ? "He has a place as salesman."
? ? ? ? "With what firm?"
? ? ? ? "Gilbert & Mack."
? ? ? ? "Why, that is the same firm that employs my young friend.
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