In three or four years he had passed his exams, got a junior partnership worth easily two thousand dollars a year.

They wanted that chap, and wanted him badly.

But take business: That chap goes into a store and--" "A store ?" inquired "Lily." "Yes, a shop you call it here; say a drygoods--" "Drygoods?
What extraordinary terms these Colonials use!" "Oh, draper's shop," said Dunn impatiently.

"Go on, Martin; don't mind him." "A draper's clerk!" echoed "Lily." "To sell tapes and things ?" "Yes," replied Martin stoutly; "or groceries." "Do you by any chance mean that a University man, a gentleman, takes a position in a grocer's shop to sell butter and cheese ?" "I mean just that," said Martin firmly.
"Oh, please!" said "Lily" with a violent shudder.

"It is too awful!" "There you are! You wouldn't demean yourself." "Not I!" said "Lily" fervently.
"Or disgrace your friends.