Well, it looked as if she must let her ambitions go, and she got up, straightening her body with a little resolute jerk.
"Tell the boss I want him," she said to the clerk.
Charnock came in, looking haggard and somewhat ashamed, and Sadie knew she had made the right choice when he sat down where the light touched his face.

For a moment he blinked and frowned.
"I wish you'd pull down that blind," he said.

"The sun's in my eyes, and I can't get round the desk." Sadie did so, and then silently gave him Wilkinson's bill.

He gazed at the paper with surprise, and colored.
"I'd no idea I lost so much.

Why did you pay him ?" "Because you can't," said Sadie.